Does the number of projects in a Visual Studio 9 solution impact the solution load and build times?

Question

I\'m specifically interested in solution load times & build times - does fewer solutions mean better performance?

Note that I\'m not referring to the perfor

Answer 1

The general practice I try to keep to is 4-5 projects per solution.

• Business Logic
• Communications Layer (Server-related)
• User Interface
• Testing Project to utilize/test the other three projects

This generally fits our style and how we can go about implementing it. If necessary, we can include other things in there too, but those instances aren't nearly as common as these four for us.