Questions tagged [project]

In software development, a project is a collection of files and resources used in the development of an application or service. Use [ms-project] for Microsoft Project questions.

In software development, a project is a collection of files and resources used in the development of an application or service.

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How can I exclude some folders from my Eclipse project?

I'm adding an eclipse project to our existing code-base, and I'd like to know if there is a way to exclude some directories from being picked up by eclipse at all? The reason is that we have a huge "third-party" directory in our repository that…
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What does the ic_launcher-web.png in my project root do?

Unbelievably enough, I couldn't find an answer when Googling for this very basic question! I noticed that since I upgraded from Eclipse Helios to Eclipse Juno and updated the Android SDK, Eclipse places a file called ic_launcher-web.png in the…
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How do you open an Android Studio project in Eclipse?

The new Android Studio allows for better Android development with better tools. I see a bunch of questions on how to transfer an eclipse project to android studio but what about the other way? If you make an Android app in Android Studio, can you…
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VS2010 How to include files in project, to copy them to build output directory automatically during build or publish

Task is to form Visual Studio 2010 project so, that during any build or publish some foo.exe utility should be copied to output (bin) directory. Early I have made PostBuildEvent task in .csproj (MSBuild-file):
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What does the .csproj file do?

Usually a C# project has a .csproj file associated with it. What is that file for? What data does it contain?
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How to create a Java / Maven project that works in Visual Studio Code?

I'm trying to create a maven project - so that I can compile Java files in the root folder and output the class files in another folder. I've already downloaded mvn. I'm trying to integrate with VS Code. My goal is to edit the java files in VS Code…
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"Sources directory is already netbeans project" error when opening a project from existing sources

I've installed NetBeans 6.9.1 and installed few updates for it. Then I've created a new project from existing sources. After a few changes I've closed it. And now I am having an error, when trying to open a new project from existing sources (the…
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How can I change a project's location pointer in Eclipse?

A project has moved to a different location, so Eclipse won't open the project. You'll immediately think about simply changing the pointer to the location, but in Eclipse they try to make this impossible for some reason. You cannot change the…
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Android Studio 3.0 Compile Issue (Cannot choose between Configurations)

Issue with latest 3.0 build (Beta 2) My project has 1 sub module by a 3rd party so I only have access to their build.gradle. My project has 3 flavours, snap, uat, production. Each has 2 build types, debug and release. When I try build I get…
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The project was not built since its build path is incomplete

Every time I try to import a project downloaded from googlecode into Eclipse but I get some errors: The project was not built since its build path is incomplete. Cannot find the class file for java.lang.Object. Fix the build path then try …
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Error: Selection does not contain a main type

I am trying to run some java files in a new project. So I make the project, put the files in it and I try to run the main file so my game starts. I get an error that says selection does not contain a main type. I have tried several ways to run…
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Add Xcode project to github repo?

I have JUST created a new github repo on the website. Keep in mind that I am a noob but can do basic things in terminal. Anyway, so I just created the repo on my account on github.com and didn't do a single thing to it yet. So all I want to do is…
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SVN/TortoiseSVN painfully slow

I'm experiencing painfully slow operations with one of our SVN repositories/projects. For example, it's taking 5-10 minutes to revert the changes in one small file (10 KB). Or about 40-60 minutes to check out the project of 100 MB. There are about…
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How do I import/add an existing Python file to a PyCharm project?

How do I import/add an existing Python file to a PyCharm project?
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Taking over a project - What should I ask the previous programmer?

I'm taking over a development of a commercial web site. This site was developed over two years by another programmer. It's mostly a one-man job (maintain and expand the site). I'll have a 2-3 days transition period when the other programmer will…
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