I'm kinda confused about how to create a empty project in Visual Studio 2013
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In previous versions a guy could choose the template Empty Project, but Microsoft has removed that in the 2013 version which is what I'm using. Now I know I can choose Console Application and use that, but I was wondering if there is another way to get an empty project started. I found out that I can scroll down to Visual Studio Solutions or something like that and make an empty solution that contains no projects, but what do I do after that? Can or do I have to then add a project to that empty solution, or can I just add a .cs source file? Can you simply have a solution and then add a new item (like a source code file) or do you then have to add a project to the solution first, and then add a .cs source file? Kind of confused here.
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In previous versions a guy could choose the template Empty Project, but Microsoft has removed that in the 2013 version which is what I'm using. Now I know I can choose Console Application and use that, but I was wondering if there is another way to get an empty project started. I found out that I can scroll down to Visual Studio Solutions or something like that and make an empty solution that contains no projects, but what do I do after that? Can or do I have to then add a project to that empty solution, or can I just add a .cs source file? Can you simply have a solution and then add a new item (like a source code file) or do you then have to add a project to the solution first, and then add a .cs source file? Kind of confused here.
Solutions can only contain solution level items, not code. That means the majority of the content of a Solution is going to be Projects. An "empty" project is a bit dependent on the language of choice. Each language has it's own requirements for a project. You never really get to a project with absolutely nothing in it. What you do get is language dependent.
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In previous versions a guy could choose the template Empty Project, but Microsoft has removed that in the 2013 version which is what I'm using. Now I know I can choose Console Application and use that, but I was wondering if there is another way to get an empty project started. I found out that I can scroll down to Visual Studio Solutions or something like that and make an empty solution that contains no projects, but what do I do after that? Can or do I have to then add a project to that empty solution, or can I just add a .cs source file? Can you simply have a solution and then add a new item (like a source code file) or do you then have to add a project to the solution first, and then add a .cs source file? Kind of confused here.