How can I configure KDevelop to build before executing?

Question

In most IDEs (e.g. Visual Studio, all the java IDEs, etc) by default the sources are build when the user selects to execute or debug the application. How can I configure KDevelop to do the same?

Answer 1

Go to the Run->Launch Configurations menu item.

There you can configure a launch configuration, with arguments, working directory, etc.

At the bottom, there is a dependencies block, where you can specify a build target that should be run before the execution of the launch configuration.