Chapter 6. Solutions, Projects, and Items
WHAT'S IN THIS CHAPTER?
Creating and configuring solutions and projects
Controlling how an application is compiled, debugged, and deployed
Configuring the many project-related properties
Including resources and settings with an application
Enforcing good coding practices with the Code Analysis Tools
Modifying the configuration, packaging, and deployment options for web applications
Other than the simplest applications, such as Hello World, most applications require more than one source file. This raises a number of issues, such as how the files will be named, where they will be located, and whether they can be reused. Within Visual Studio 2010, the concept of a solution, containing a series of projects, made up of a series of items, is used to enable developers to track, manage, and work with their source files. The IDE has a number of built-in features that aim to simplify this process, while still allowing developers to get the most out of their applications. This chapter examines the structure of solutions and projects, looking at available project types and how they can be configured.
SOLUTION STRUCTURE
Whenever you're working within Visual Studio, you will have a solution open. When you're editing an ad hoc file, this will be a temporary solution that you can elect to discard when you have completed your work. However, the solution enables you to manage the files that you're currently working with, so in most cases saving the solution means ...
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