Some IDEs organize code and resources into projects and solutions, usually in a directory-based hierarchy. This can also be done manually.
Questions tagged [projects-and-solutions]
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What is "src" directory created by Eclipse?
I just installed Eclipse.
The Eclipse created the "workspace" folder.
In this folder I created a "game" sub-folder (for my class called "game"). I have already .java files for that project (I wrote them in a text editor before I started to use…

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fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file
I looked at previous post based on this but they do not relate. I am receiving the following error.
1>c:\users\numerical25\desktop\intro todirectx\introtodirectx\chapter 4\init direct3d\init direct3d.cpp(9) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include…

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How to reference related projects in the same solution when Nuget packages are the required output
I was wondering what's the best approach to reference a project in the same solution. Do you create the reference using the 'Add reference' feature or do you 'manage the nuget package' and download a certain published version.
Each project in its…

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How to include neccessary files to the output of independent client project?
My solution consists of:
Client - startup project, UI layer. Depends on: App
App - library, application layer, assembler. Depends on: Lib1, ...
Lib1 - library, business logic layer. Needs a specific file to work properly: ThirdParty.dll
I've added…

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Force Visual Studio to rebuild dependent projects
How can I force Visual Studio 2012 to rebuild all dependent projects when a project changes?
I have two projects: a C++ DLL, and a C# WPF app. The C# project has a post-build command to copy the DLL into the Debug folder.
When I modify the C++…

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Visual Studio 2012 says website project's project file is edited outside of environment
After installing Visual Studio 2012 and opening/upgrading a Visual Studio 2010 solution from Team Foundation Server that contains two "website"-type projects I keep getting the message that "The project 'website' has been modified outside the…

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How do you Setup your Unit Test Project(s) in .Net?
Can you share the way you setup your unit test projects within your .net solutions?
I can imagine several possible methodologies. For example:
Having a separate solution for unit tests, perfectly mirroring the structure of the original code…

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Flash - Managing a large project
We are prototyping using Autodesk Scaleform and building our game UI using Flash. We will need to be able to run a large project with a team of 3-4 artists and 10+ programmers. We use Perforce source control system for storage of all code and…

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When to use in project files?
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Projects build in wrong order with visual studio and managed C++ and C# projects
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I have a massive (100+ projects) solution file that is building a few projects in the wrong order. The solution file contains the following types…

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DDD, NHibernate, and Project Structure / Naming
What do you recommend as the proper project structure for a WebForms solution that is utilizing NHibernate and trying to bring in some DDD concepts?
Assuming the root namespace and solution name is Sample
Sample.Domain - contains my domain…

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Visual Studio: Tools to rename projects (and directories) automatically
Similar questions have been asked many times in SO. But most answers suggested to do it manually, which is very time consuming.
Any free tools that can rename projects (and directories) automatically?
Filip Premanad Rydlo mentioned Visual Studio…
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Stop Visual Studio 2019 from automatically adding files in project folder
I have a .NET Core 3 project in Visual Studio 2019. When I copy and paste a file, through Windows Explorer, into the project folder, Visual Studio automatically includes the file into my project, which I do not want to happen. Is there a setting to…

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Object oriented design for an investment/stock and options portfolio in Python
I'm a beginner/intermediate Python programmer but I haven't written an application, just scripts. I don't currently use a lot of object oriented design, so I would like this project to help build my OOD skills. The problem is, I don't know where to…

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How to organize a C ++ large project in Visual Studio
I would like to separate my source code into folders to have a better organization by grouping the files into directories.
In general there are a lot of .h and .cpp files and I usually go separating the folders. I have always used netbeans, but…

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How to stop Visual Studio from automatically creating solution files
Our projects are typically stored as single projects, and are not part of a larger solution. When I open a project, Visual studio creates a solution (sln) and soution options (suo) file in my folder. I want to stop this automatic sln and suo…

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