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Build Type: Development or Optimized
This selects Development or Optimized build mode. In general, use Development builds while developing your application, and Optimized builds when you are ready to Deploy.
For a more detailed discussion on the difference between the builds, see Optimization.
When checked, the resulting binary will be statically linked. This results in a larger binary, but will not require certain runtime libraries (DLL’s) that a dynamic build would (see Shared vs Static).
When checked, the compiled binary will generate text files in the execution directory containing human readable source profiling information.