❔ How do VS solutions work and CLI
Basically I wanna learn more about how a solution in VS actually works, I've made many applications with it but if you ask me about what the hell the .proj file is I'd be lost, and if you asked me to setup the solution with just CLI I'd probably start crying.
I just need some links/pointers to where I can learn this stuff, the inner workings of it all
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dotnet new console -n "MyProject"
dotnet new sln
dotnet sln add MyProject
is how you manage sln files through the CLI
A solution file is just a collection of projects. A project is essentially a collection of related classes, either as a class library or an executable program. A csproj file is what defines a single project, it defines things like what libraries and other projects it depends on, the type of project it is, some metadata like target framework and language version, and much much more.well dang thanks
And for the rest, you can look up dotnet CLI docs
dotnet CLI can't do everything, so often you will need to edit the proj file yourself
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