What's the purpose of the bld and bin folders in a Windows 8 JavaScript project?

Question

I know that the files in the bld and bin folders are not what are being referenced by the deployed app (I can tamper with them and they have no effect on the app the next time I launch it from the start screen), so what are they for and what's the difference between the bld and bin folder?

Warrigal

Answer 1

They're temporary build directories for the process of the application being "built". However, the bin directory is the deployment directory, and technically speaking you should be able to edit and have the next instance started pick up those changes.

When I tested this just now with the bin directory, it did pick up those changed once I terminated the app, and started again from the start page

Privy