Project Templates

The .NET platform supports a variety of project types. Visual Studio .NET

provides you with templates that make the task of creating and getting

started with a new project simpler. Table 3.2 lists a variety of project

types you can create with Visual Studio .NET.

Table 3.2. Project Types You Can Create with Visual Studio .NET Project

Type Description

Windows Application A template for creating a Windows desktop application

using Windows Forms.

Class Library A template for creating a DLL of one or more classes that

can be used and reused in multiple applications.

Control Library A template for creating controls that will be used on

Windows Forms.

ASP.NET Web Application A template for creating a Web site with static or

dynamic HTML pages as the user interface.

Mobile Web Application A template for creating mobile Web applications,

targeting PDA and phone devices. (This template will only be displayed if

you have installed the Microsoft Mobile Internet Toolkit.)

ASP.NET Web Service A template for creating XML Web Services.

Web Control Library A template for creating your own ASP.NET server

controls.

Console Application A template for creating command-line applications.

Windows Service A template for creating your own Windows services.

Empty Project/Empty Web Project A template that creates an empty project.

Use this template to create any type of project.