title: Compiling on the command line in Visual C++
body: <p>Does anyone know how to use the command line compiler ('cl' and 'link') in Visual C++ to build a project? We are more used to 'make' and 'gcc' here, but were recently moved to Visual Studio. I suppose we could use nmake, but I'm hoping for some information regarding using 'cl' and 'link' (as in compiling without a .sln file).</p>
  
  <p>something along the lines of</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>create object files</li>
  <li>link object files to create executable</li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>is what we want, but I just can't seem to make it work using the command line parameters. Help please?</p>