Create Visual Studio template

[haf]

It would be great if you'd create a Visual Studio template for this so that I can choose the 'good' F# project file (fsproj) when I create a new F# project instead of having to hack it manually.

Also, I haven't found a blog entry or other documentation describing the changes to the default fsproj nor how they relate to compiling this on mono and windows: do you have any suggestions on where to look?

[pblasucci]

Documentation about the scaffold is forthcoming (both in-project and an entry in my blog). However, I'm not sure what you mean by "changes to the default fsproj". As for a Visual Studio template, that'd be cool. However, it's a bit outside my "wheelhouse". So, I'm not likely to have the bandwidth for that sort of undertaking any time soon.

[haf]

Alright ;), if you give some docs, I might be able to do a very simple project (zip file)

I mean what is different compared to what is placed on disk when you do File > New Project > F# Project > Library in Visual Studio.

[pblasucci]

Okay. I understand your question now. This is something I plan to document. In terms of the .fsproj file, there's really no difference. The benefit of this scaffold is it gives you a recommended directory structure and set of recommended tools (FAKE, FSharp.Formatting, et cetera). It also knits everything together such that you can just "rename and go". The idea is to download a .zip of this repo, extract it someplace, change the names of some things, and be on your way. It should be much faster than starting from scratch -- even for existing projects (Note: we tested this informally by "upgrading" the MatLab type provider). Make sense?

[dsyme]

@pblasucci Given the high number of bugs in this repo I'm going to start a cleanout to get it down, and perhaps to simplify the scaffold as well. I'll start by closing out long-ago suggestions and enhancements like this one, thanks

[pblasucci]

@dsyme Thanks! I think this is a great time for a little "house keeping" 👍