building under windows without using IDE

[mounir]

hi, i have the source code for GLFW (an opengl library) is there any way to build it for mingw compiler under windows without using an IDE. should i use mingw it self? or cmake or the two?

[gunnerfunner]

you can run it from the command line, cmd prompt in windows

edit: the second answer in this link is probably more useful
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11365850/run-c-in-command-prompt-windows

[mounir]

thanks but what's the difference between building and compiling

[jonnin]

synonyms generally. A few IDEs call building the full process (link all the way to library file or executable etc) and compiling doing one file to object code (usually just done for a syntax check).

[mounir]

Thanks for help:)
i find my solution here

How To Compile Software From Source Code:
https://www.wired.com/2010/02/compile_software_from_source_code/

this is was my quetion