How To Structure A Utility/companion Project In A Multi-project Solution
Aug 4, 2010
Let's say I have a Visual Studio solution with a Web project, a BLL project, and a DAL project. I'm trying to follow the repository pattern keeping my SQL code in the DAL with an interface that is referenced by the BLL.
I have a handful of common solutions for things such as error handling, usage logging, and other things that can be considered utility functions (i.e. not in the business spec). I'm keeping these in a Common project.
Here are a few ideas I've had with regards to structuring the Common project...
Bundle SQL with logic in a given class
Create a layered solution within the Common project
Discard the Common project and put utility functions in with BLL/DAL
Is one of these ideas better/worse than the other? Does anyone have a better solution?
It's worth noting that these utility functions will be reused in a variety of other applications.
I am developing an ASP.Net web application for my client which is into Multi Level Marketing Business. I need to show him the treeview of the members under any member he chooses. For eg. he selects 'Member A' from the DropDownList, and clicks Submit, he should get a treeview of all the members under 'Member A'
I have the following list of projects WebUI (WebSite) , DataAccess (ClassLibrary) , LogicLayer(ClassLibrary). Those of the project are purposively crated separately.But my scenario is, need to create only one solution file, then add all of the above projects under this solution file. So that i can be easiy interacted and changes can be made by opening solution file only instead of opening each project individually.
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I want to structure my ASP.NET MVC 2 web application sensibly using Areas. The application consists of the two main parts Website which is the default part and Dashboard which administrates the site using a CMS. (Probably, more Areas will follow later on.)
How do I structure my project best? Should I ...
create the Area Dashboard and put the stuff belonging to the Website part into the main application folder or should I create both Areas Website and Dashboard?
Additionally, where should I place my Entity Data Model and the corresponding Repository classes that have to be accessed by both Areas?
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When I turn on Code Coverage in my test settings, on a project that references the Unity DI container I get the following error:
Cannot initialize the ASP.NET project'{Project Name}'.
The event log specifies the following reason:
Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.Practices.Unity, Version=2.0.414.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35' or one of its dependencies. Strong name signature could not be verified.
I am not new to ASP.Net application development but I haven't used some of the new frameworks or features that are used in applications these days.
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CS0012: The type 'System.Data.Objects.DataClasses.EntityObject' is defined in an assembly that is not referenced. You must add a reference to assembly 'System.Data.Entity, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089'. public class _Page_Views_Home_Index_cshtml : System.Web.Mvc.WebViewPage<IEnumerable<LNModel.Joke>> {
Here is the code in my HomeController:
[Code]....
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Now, I wish to add a new web project which has it's own App_Data,App_Themes.App_Code.
I don't wont to mess things and combine them both in the same project. I just won't to compile the new project and upload it sepretly to the web server in a different directory.
I've created a deployment package in visualStudio, the package is generated, but it has an awfull structure, which is basically, the path where I've my project(e.g "CONTENT/D_C/WorkSpace/MyCustomer/TheProjectName/TheDevelopmentBranchFolder/TheCurrentBranch/TheWebApplicationName/obj/Release/Package/PackageTmp/TheSiteIsFinallyHere!!!"
It's problematic, because with the web deployer of IIS, it recreate this path.
So how can I avoid the "D_C/WorkSpace/MyCustomer/TheProjectName/TheDevelopmentBranchFolder/TheCurrentBranch/TheWebApplicationName/obj/Release/Package/PackageTmp" part in visual studio?
Is to possible to make a configuration entry (web.config). That automatically compiles a referenced project(for example a class library) when the site runs? This would be easier for me to maintain on my hosting server. Otherwise i have to always recompile the files and upload them again for every small change.
I need to deploy 3 projects using one single installer. The first project is a web project the second and third project are windows services.I need to use the .Net Deployment project to deploy all the project is a single installer. I have managed to create a installer and a custom action which gets the primary output of the both windows service but I am having problems installing the Web application.
If I create an output for the web application it gets installed in the application's folder and not on IIS folder and its not set as an application.
I am trying to find a way to have my Entity Framework model in a seperate project within my ASP.NET solution.
Currently I have my DataManager project (which contains my EF model and some classes) and a second project which contains all my web project files.
The problem that I have come across is that I have a database connection string in a App.Config file in my DataManager project and the same connection string in my Web.Config from my web project. I basically have a duplicate connection string.
Is there a way to only use only one connection string in my project (preferably from my web.config)?
My only concern is that when it comes to compiling my project I will not be able to change the connection string in the App.Config contained in my DataManager project.
this seems to be a problem only on my new PC, not my prior PC or my coworkers PCs. But, as far as I know, I have installed VS2005 the same way, including the VS80-KB915364-X86-ENU.exe and WebApplicationProjectSetup.msi additions.
I have a VS2005 Solution called 'Intranet' made up of several web projects. One of those web projects is also called 'Intranet'. All of the projects should load as Web Application Projects, which they did on my prior PC.
Now, the 'Intranet' project seems to be opening as a Web Site project. The name of the project in the solution now shows as "C:...Intranet" instead of just "Intranet" and is not recognized as being part of the SourceSafe project(no lock icon shows). If I right-click this project, "Build Web Site" is one option.
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How to access proxy class of a web service which has been referenced in the website project of a solution within a class library project in the same solution?
I mean no web-service reference/setting is added to the class library and instead it needs to be picked from the web project.
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