diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6e1ea81..9db1970 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ a PPM extension may be built in the future to allow for backwards compatibility.
 
 ## Special Thanks
  - Marc Gutt (mgutt) <[marc@gutt.it](mailto:marc@gutt.it)>
+ - Debusschère Alexandre ([debuss](https://github.com/debuss)) 
 
 ## Copyright
 - Copyright (c) 2022-2022, Nosial - All Rights Reserved
diff --git a/src/ncc/Abstracts/ComponentFlags.php b/src/ncc/Abstracts/ComponentFlags.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..17f2de8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ncc/Abstracts/ComponentFlags.php
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<?php
+
+    namespace ncc\Abstracts;
+
+    abstract class ComponentFlags
+    {
+        /**
+         * Indicates whether the component is represented as an AST representation
+         */
+        const AST = 'ast';
+
+        /**
+         * Indicates whether the component is represented as plaintext
+         */
+        const Plain = 'plain';
+
+        /**
+         * Indicates whether the component is represented as bytecode
+         */
+        const Bytecode = 'bytecode';
+
+        /**
+         * Indicates whether the component is represented as binary or executable
+         */
+        const Binary = 'binary';
+
+        /**
+         * Indicates whether the component is represented as as a base64 encoded string (Raw bytes' representation)
+         */
+        const b64encoded = 'b64enc';
+    }
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diff --git a/src/ncc/CLI/BuildMenu.php b/src/ncc/CLI/BuildMenu.php
index 389237d..0716386 100644
--- a/src/ncc/CLI/BuildMenu.php
+++ b/src/ncc/CLI/BuildMenu.php
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@
 
     namespace ncc\CLI;
 
+    use Exception;
     use ncc\Abstracts\CompilerExtensions;
     use ncc\Abstracts\Options\BuildConfigurationValues;
     use ncc\Classes\PhpExtension\Compiler;
     use ncc\Exceptions\BuildConfigurationNotFoundException;
+    use ncc\Exceptions\BuildException;
     use ncc\Exceptions\FileNotFoundException;
     use ncc\Exceptions\MalformedJsonException;
     use ncc\Exceptions\PackagePreparationFailedException;
@@ -105,12 +107,22 @@
             {
                 $Compiler->prepare([], getcwd(), $build_configuration);
             }
-            catch (PackagePreparationFailedException $e)
+            catch (Exception $e)
             {
                 Console::outException('The package preparation process failed', $e, 1);
                 return;
             }
 
+            try
+            {
+                $Compiler->build([], getcwd());
+            }
+            catch (Exception $e)
+            {
+                Console::outException('Build Failed', $e, 1);
+                return;
+            }
+
             exit(0);
         }
 
diff --git a/src/ncc/Classes/PhpExtension/Compiler.php b/src/ncc/Classes/PhpExtension/Compiler.php
index 996c536..99f2832 100644
--- a/src/ncc/Classes/PhpExtension/Compiler.php
+++ b/src/ncc/Classes/PhpExtension/Compiler.php
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
     use FilesystemIterator;
     use ncc\Abstracts\ComponentFileExtensions;
+    use ncc\Abstracts\ComponentFlags;
     use ncc\Abstracts\Options\BuildConfigurationValues;
     use ncc\Exceptions\BuildConfigurationNotFoundException;
     use ncc\Exceptions\BuildException;
@@ -14,10 +15,13 @@
     use ncc\ncc;
     use ncc\Objects\Package;
     use ncc\Objects\ProjectConfiguration;
+    use ncc\ThirdParty\nikic\PhpParser\Error;
+    use ncc\ThirdParty\nikic\PhpParser\ParserFactory;
     use ncc\ThirdParty\theseer\DirectoryScanner\DirectoryScanner;
     use ncc\ThirdParty\theseer\DirectoryScanner\Exception;
     use ncc\Utilities\Console;
     use ncc\Utilities\Functions;
+    use ncc\ZiProto\ZiProto;
     use SplFileInfo;
 
     class Compiler implements CompilerInterface
@@ -145,7 +149,7 @@
 
             Console::out('Scanning for resources... ', false);
             /** @var SplFileInfo $item */
-            foreach($DirectoryScanner($source_path, true) as $item)
+            foreach($DirectoryScanner($source_path) as $item)
             {
                 // Ignore directories, they're not important. :-)
                 if(is_dir($item->getPathName()))
@@ -170,6 +174,14 @@
             }
         }
 
+        /**
+         * Builds the package by parsing the AST contents of the components and resources
+         *
+         * @param array $options
+         * @param string $path
+         * @return string
+         * @throws BuildException
+         */
         public function build(array $options, string $path): string
         {
             if($this->package == null)
@@ -177,6 +189,113 @@
                 throw new BuildException('The prepare() method must be called before building the package');
             }
 
-            // TODO: Implement build() method
+            // Append trailing slash to the end of the path if it's not already there
+            if(substr($path, -1) !== DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR)
+            {
+                $path .= DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR;
+            }
+
+            $source_path = $path . $this->project->Build->SourcePath;
+
+            // Append trailing slash to the end of the source path if it's not already there
+            if(substr($source_path, -1) !== DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR)
+            {
+                $source_path .= DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR;
+            }
+
+            // Runtime variables
+            $components = [];
+            $resources = [];
+            $processed_items = 0;
+            $total_items = 0;
+
+            if(count($this->package->Components) > 0)
+            {
+                if(ncc::cliMode())
+                {
+                    Console::out('Compiling components');
+                    $total_items = count($this->package->Components);
+                }
+
+                // Process the components and attempt to create an AST representation of the source
+                foreach($this->package->Components as $component)
+                {
+                    if(ncc::cliMode())
+                    {
+                        Console::inlineProgressBar($processed_items, $total_items);
+                    }
+
+                    $content = file_get_contents(Functions::correctDirectorySeparator($source_path . $component->Name));
+                    $parser = (new ParserFactory())->create(ParserFactory::PREFER_PHP7);
+
+                    try
+                    {
+                        $stmts = $parser->parse($content);
+                        $encoded = json_encode($stmts);
+
+                        if($encoded === false)
+                        {
+                            $component->Flags[] = ComponentFlags::b64encoded;
+                            $component->Data = Functions::byteEncode($content);
+                        }
+                        else
+                        {
+                            $component->Flags[] = ComponentFlags::AST;
+                            $component->Data = ZiProto::encode(json_decode($encoded));
+                        }
+                    }
+                    catch(Error $e)
+                    {
+                        $component->Flags[] = ComponentFlags::b64encoded;
+                        $component->Data = Functions::byteEncode($content);
+                        unset($e);
+                    }
+
+                    // Calculate the checksum
+                    $component->Checksum = hash('sha1', $component->Data);
+
+                    $components[] = $component;
+                    $processed_items += 1;
+                }
+
+                // Update the components
+                $this->package->Components = $components;
+            }
+
+            if(count($this->package->Resources) > 0)
+            {
+                // Process the resources
+                if(ncc::cliMode())
+                {
+                    Console::out('Processing resources');
+                    $processed_items = 0;
+                    $total_items = count($this->package->Resources);
+                }
+
+                foreach($this->package->Resources as $resource)
+                {
+                    if(ncc::cliMode())
+                    {
+                        Console::inlineProgressBar($processed_items, $total_items);
+                    }
+
+                    // Get the data and
+                    $resource->Data = file_get_contents(Functions::correctDirectorySeparator($source_path . $resource->Name));
+                    $resource->Data = Functions::byteEncode($resource->Data);
+                    $resource->Checksum = hash('sha1', $resource->Checksum);
+                }
+
+                // Update the resources
+                $this->package->Resources = $resources;
+            }
+
+            if(ncc::cliMode())
+            {
+                Console::out($this->package->Assembly->Package . ' compiled successfully');
+            }
+
+            // Write the package to disk
+            file_put_contents(getcwd() . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'test.bin', ZiProto::encode($this->package->toArray(true)));
+            return getcwd() . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'test.bin';
         }
     }
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diff --git a/src/ncc/Utilities/Base64.php b/src/ncc/Utilities/Base64.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f1d7b5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ncc/Utilities/Base64.php
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+<?php
+
+    namespace ncc\Utilities;
+
+    /**
+     * @author Debusschère Alexandre
+     * @link https://gist.github.com/debuss/c750fa2d90085316a04154f5b481a047
+     */
+    class Base64
+    {
+
+        /**
+         * Encodes data with MIME base64
+         *
+         * @param string $string
+         * @return string
+         */
+        public static function encode(string $string): string
+        {
+            $base64 = str_split('ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/');
+            $bit_pattern = '';
+            $padding = 0;
+            $encoded = '';
+
+            foreach (str_split($string) as $char)
+            {
+                $bit_pattern .= sprintf('%08s', decbin(ord($char)));
+            }
+
+            $bit_pattern = str_split($bit_pattern, 6);
+
+            $offset = count($bit_pattern) - 1;
+            if (strlen($bit_pattern[$offset]) < 6)
+            {
+                $padding = 6 - strlen($bit_pattern[$offset]);
+                $bit_pattern[$offset] .= str_repeat('0', $padding);
+                $padding /= 2;
+            }
+
+            foreach ($bit_pattern as $bit6)
+            {
+                $index = bindec($bit6);
+                $encoded .= $base64[$index];
+            }
+
+            return $encoded.str_repeat('=', $padding);
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Decodes data encoded with MIME base64
+         *
+         * @param string $string
+         * @return string
+         */
+        public static function decode(string $string): string
+        {
+            $base64 = str_split('ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/');
+            $bit_pattern = '';
+            $padding = substr_count(substr(strrev($string), 0, 2), '=');
+            $decoded = '';
+
+            foreach (str_split($string) as $b64_encoded)
+            {
+                $bit_pattern .= sprintf('%06s', decbin(array_search($b64_encoded, $base64)));
+            }
+
+            $bit_pattern = str_split($bit_pattern, 8);
+
+            if ($padding)
+            {
+                $bit_pattern = array_slice($bit_pattern, 0, -$padding);
+            }
+
+            foreach ($bit_pattern as $bin)
+            {
+                $decoded .= chr(bindec($bin));
+            }
+
+            return $decoded;
+        }
+}
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diff --git a/src/ncc/Utilities/Functions.php b/src/ncc/Utilities/Functions.php
index 837369c..bb812b8 100644
--- a/src/ncc/Utilities/Functions.php
+++ b/src/ncc/Utilities/Functions.php
@@ -208,4 +208,40 @@
             // If the path is "/etc/foo/text.txt" and the basename is "/etc" then the returned path will be "foo/test.txt"
             return str_replace($basename, (string)null, $path);
         }
+
+        /**
+         * Corrects the directory separator for the given path
+         *
+         * @param $path
+         * @return string
+         */
+        public static function correctDirectorySeparator($path): string
+        {
+            $path = str_ireplace('/', DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, $path);
+            return str_ireplace('\\', DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, $path);
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Converts the input string into a Bas64 encoding before returning it as a
+         * byte representation
+         *
+         * @param string $string
+         * @return string
+         */
+        public static function byteEncode(string $string): string
+        {
+            return convert_uuencode(Base64::encode($string));
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Decodes the input string back into the normal string representation that was encoded
+         * by the byteEncode() function
+         *
+         * @param string $string
+         * @return string
+         */
+        public static function byteDecode(string $string): string
+        {
+            return base64_decode(convert_uudecode($string));
+        }
     }
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