Working with Solutions and Projects
One of the most notable changes in Visual Studio .NET from previous versions is how projects are managed and organized. Previous versions of Visual Studio allowed you to add several projects to a workspace, but they all had to be independent projects and written in Visual C++.
Visual Studio .NET, however, recognizes several project types, including Visual Basic and C#, all of which can be mixed within what is known as a solution. A solution is a replacement for the workspace and does not have a bias for one language or another. Several projects can be loaded and navigated with the Solution Explorer window, shown in Figure 1.7.
Figure 1.7. Solution Explorer in Visual Studio .NET.
The solution shown in Figure ...
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