Project Templates

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.