6.8. Summary

In this chapter you have seen how a solution and projects can be configured via the user interfaces provided within Visual Studio 2008. In particular, this chapter showed you how to do the following:

• Create and configure solutions and projects

• Control how an application is compiled, debugged, and deployed

• Configure the many project-related properties

• Include resources and settings with an application

• Enforce good coding practices

In subsequent chapters, many of the topics, such as building and deploying projects and the use of resource files, will be examined in more detail.