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How to organize an ASP.NET project

I am a PHP developer moving into an ASP.NET environment. I would like to know the best way to organize the different types of files.

Right now in my project I have the following:

  • 3 Master Files
  • 5 User Controls
  • 1 Base page class
  • Several Web Forms

The web forms are organized into directories based on the sites structure. But do I just leave the rest of these things on the root level?

The base class can go into the app_code folder, but where do masters and user controls go?

Solution

  • I usually make a /MasterPages/ folder for master pages and break content down into things like /Users/ for pages in the "Users" section of the site and /Users/Controls/ for controls for those pages.

    So something like this:

    ../ root
/Admin/
/Admin/Controls/
/JavaScript/ (or a /Includes/)
/MasterPages/
/Users/
/Users/Controls/

    etc.