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I've seen a lot of different takes on this subject so I figured if there's a preferred way on this.
Is there any best practices on how to setup Visual Studio Projects and Solutions in regards to multiple solutions for the same solutions?
For example: Let's say I have a task that calls for a web app, a console application, and a shared business logic library.
I have seen this situation in a 1, 2, and 3 solutions at some time in my career. This is a simple example; however, what if number of projects grows? Is there a line when to keep it in one or break it apart?
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A project is contained within a solution. Despite its name, a solution isn't an "answer". It's simply a container for one or more related projects, along with build information, Visual Studio window settings, and any miscellaneous files that aren't associated with a particular project.
For multiproject solutions, having the directory structure reflect the solution structure usually makes more sense—it is best to have a directory that contains your solution file, with subdirectories for each individual project.
Solution Explorer is a special window that enables you to manage solutions, projects, and files. It provides a complete view of the files in a project, and it enables you to add or remove files and to organize files into subfolders.
In Visual Studio, a solution isn't an "answer". A solution is simply a container Visual Studio uses to organize one or more related projects. When you open a solution, Visual Studio automatically loads all the projects that the solution contains.
Indeed, there are some guidelines for this sort of setup on MSDN. I wrote a short summary in my answer to a similar question on StackOverflow.
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I blogged about this back in 2007. The advice still holds:
http://mikehadlow.blogspot.com/2007/07/how-to-structure-visual-studio.html
The bottom line is that I should be able to get your code out of source control, open it in Visual Studio, hit F5 and everything should work.
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