Development

Revision as of 14:03, 2 January 2013

File formats concerning compilers, interpreters, linkers, IDEs, etc.

See also: Source code, Executables

Build Automation

• Apache Ant build file
• Apache Maven POM file
• Jamfile
• Makefile

Compiling

• BSC (Browser code file)
• IDB (State file)
• IDL (Interface definition language file)
• SBR (Visual Studio source browser intermediate file)

Debug

• GDB (GNU debugger file)
• Precompiled header file (.gch, .pch)
• Visual Studio PDB (Program debug database)

Interface

• Nib file (MacOS development; windowed interfaces) (.nib)
• Storyboard file (iOS development) (.storyboard)
• Xib file (MacOS development; replaced Nib files) (.xib)

Intermediate

• CLASS (Java bytecode)
• LIB (Static library file, a variant of the UNIX ar format)
• Object file format (.o, .obj)
• Precompiled Header (.pch)
• PYC (Python bytecode)
• SREC (.s19, .sre, .srec, .s)
• Turbo Pascal Unit (.tpu)

Linking

• IIK (Incremental link file)
• MAP (Memory map link information)

Project

• APL workspace (stores a set of functions and variables comprising a program or project)
• Developer Studio project (.dsp)
• Developer Studio workspace (.dsw)
• IntelliJ Idea Module (.iml)
• IntelliJ Idea Project (.ipr)
• IntelliJ Idea Website (.iws)
• UltraEdit project file (.prj, pui)
• Visual Studio IntelliSense Database File (.sdf)
• Visual Studio No Compile Browser File (.ncb)
• Visual Studio Project File (.vcproj, .vcxproj, .vdproj)
• Visual Studio Solution File (.sln)
• Visual Studio Solution Options File (.suo)
• Xcode Project (.xcodeproj): Mac/iOS development

Resource

• Resource script file (.rc, .rc2)
• Xcode Core Data Model (.xcdatamodel, .xcdatamodeld)

Specialized

• Game Maker (.gm6, .gmk)