Using Project Templates

It seems as though software development these days is largely focused on reuse. Programming with objects is one of the hottest topics for programmers, and objects are really all about code reuse. It only makes sense that if you can take advantage of previous development by using some or all of an existing object, you can reduce development and testing time. Creating object templates as I discussed at the beginning of this chapter is a great way to make common objects easily accessible to new and existing projects. In addition to enabling you to make object templates, Visual Basic .NET also gives you the ability to create complete project templates.

Creating Custom Project Templates

Project templates can be skeletal templates ...

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