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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How to solve: The "Microsoft.VisualStudio.ProjectSystem.References.UnresolvedBuildDependencyProjectReference" reference could not be resolved?
In the Solution Explorer, the vcxproj projects that have references, show a warning symbol on each of the references associated with the project. When the reference is highlighted, the properties panel indicates that the Full Path is:
The…

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Eclipse workspace equivalent in IntelliJ?
It is said in IntelliJ IDEA Q&A for Eclipse Users that Eclipse Workspace is equivalent to "project" in IntelliJ terms, while Eclipse's project is equivalent to IntelliJ's module.
But after I created a project untitled and then created module…

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F#, namespaces, modules, fs and fsx
I'm aware of other questions about modules and namespaces in F#, but they're not helping me right now.
I've got a project with
Utilities.fs
namespace Company.Project.Namespace
module Utilities =
//stuff here
Functions.fs
namespace…

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Merges on IntelliJ IDEA .IPR and .IWS files
We keep our IntelliJ .IPR and .IWS files in our source control, but they keep getting modified by IntelliJ just by opening them, even without any work being done on the project.
What are we doing wrong?

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.NET solution - many projects vs one project
We currently have a rapidly growing C# codebase. Currently we have about 10 projects, split up in the usual categories, common/util stuff, network layer, database, ui components/controls etc.
We run into the occasional circular dependency where…

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Is there any Visual Studio extension to “favorite” folders and files?
I'm working on a middle-sized project that contains several class libraries, database model and an ASP .NET MVC website project. However, even though there are less than 15 projects in the solution, I often find myself collapsing and expanding…

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When do you decide to split up large projects into smaller projects?
When/where do you decide to split a large Visual Studio project into smaller multiple projects? If it can be reusable? when project is too big? (but how big is too big?)
and When you do split the project, do you,
group by database tables
group by…

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How to convert a regular win32 (VC++ vcproj) project to a Qt project?
How can I convert existing vcproj files to project files that the QT add-in to Visual Studio recognizes and treats as valid Qt projects?
Should I just bite the bullet and create new projects to replace the old ones, and then add existing code?
I am…

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How to open a Visual Studio Code Folder (Project) in Visual Studio IDE
How do I open I a Visual Studio Code folder in Visual Studio 2015?
If I open it as a "Web Site", it tries to treat the node_modules directory as part of the project's normal JavaScript files and hits an error when the path exceed the maximum path…

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Best way to work with multiple projects / solutions in Visual Studio?
Currently I have 4 solutions that are independent projects, however there is quite a bit of duplicated code when it comes to a few areas of the applications.
At the moment it is simply a few forms and their associated code.
When I want to change or…

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Structuring projects & dependencies of large winforms applications in C#
UPDATE:
This is one of my most-visited questions, and yet I still haven't really found a satisfactory solution for my project. One idea I read in an answer to another question is to create a tool which can build solutions 'on the fly' for projects…

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Recommended number of projects in Visual Studio Solution
We are starting to develop new application that will include something like 30-50 projects developed by about dozen of developers with C# in MS Visual Studio.
I am working on componentize the application modules in order to support the architecture…

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Visual Studio keeps changing project.sln file
I work in a team on a Visual C++ project. Following advice we got we're tracking the project's .sln file with our SCM. It turns out that each time I pull from my partner (yes, we use git) and open the solution in VS, the .sln file is updated. The…

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How do I start a CUDA app in Visual Studio 2010?
Direct Question: How do I create a simple hello world CUDA project within visual studio 2010?
Background: I've written CUDA kernels. I'm intimately familiar with the .vcproj files from Visual Studio 2005 -- tweaked several by hand. In VS 2005,…

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Windows Azure project errors The CctSharedPackage did not load correctly
I opened a solution file that was working fine and got this mysterious error
The 'CctSharedPackage' did not load correctly
This project was a Windows Azure 2.1 project that had no issues working last week, however between then and a reboot it…

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