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1. Get Productive with C#: Visual Applic... > Test drive
Test drive
OK, just one more thing to do... run your program and make sure it works the way you think it should! Do it the same way you did before—press the F5 key on your keyboard, or click the green arrow button on the toolbar (or choose “Run” from the Debug menu).
You can always run your programs at any time, even when they’re not done—although if there’s an error in the code, the IDE will tell you and stop you from executing it.
Building your program overwrites the data in your database.
When you run your program in the IDE it actually does two things. First it builds your program, then it executes it. This involves a few distinct parts. It compiles the code, or turns it into an executable file. Then it places the compiled code, along with any resources and other files, into a subdirectory underneath the bin folder.
