Folder structure for multi-platform development?

[Rastar]

Hi,

 

how do your structure your source folders when developing for several platforms? By default, under Visual Studio and XCode, when you create new C++ classes they are created in the Project/Windows and Projects/MacOS folders. But many of them are (and should be) platform-independent, so I guess they should go under Source. However, I couldn't find a nice way to integrate that folder into a VS solution (it's possible under XCode, though).

 

So: What's your preferred way of doing this?

[AggrorJorn]

Do we have to take those folder layouts in account? If so, my projects are build completely wrong. I thought you would just make your project on one platform and then when you are ready for other platforms, you export it to those platforms.

[Rastar]

Probably the only time you have to take the folder layout into account is when your developing both for Windows and OSX. You can't publish from Windows to OSX (only to Android), and on OSX you can only publish to iOS. But developing for Windows and OSX doesn't work out of the box, or I haven't found out. When I create a new class in VisualStudio, it is created in Projects/WIndows. I then remove it again from the project, move it in the file system to "Source" and "Add existing item.." But this is cumbersome, of course - I hope there is an easier way for this.

[Josh]

I never create files from Visual Studio itself. I just create a new text file in the Source folder and drag it into the VS project tree.

[Rick]

@josh why would you do that? That's for sure not the norm.

[Josh]

Because I don't need VS auto-creating files for me who knows where.

[AggrorJorn]

Sorry to revive this topic again but I would like to know how this done with Linux in the picture.

 

Should we use the Source folder for all de code or can we use the Project/Windows folder?

[Admin]

I recommend keeping your source code in the "Source" folder and allowing all projects to access it.

[Joshua]

I use the same method that Josh describes above. Right Click in the VS Solution Explorer->Select the 'Add Existing File'->Navigate to the Source directory->right click-> Create new Text Document.. I even put a shortcut to the Source folder in the Projects directory to make navigation a little easier.

[AggrorJorn]

Maybe I am overlooking things here but how do you structure your files then? You can't add the folders structure you have in the source directory.

 

Please don't suggest using filters.