Visual Studio 2011 and Portable Class Libraries

In this blog I will highlight some of the key advantages of using Portable Class Libraries.

One really cool feature of Visual Studio 11 is the ability to create Portable Class Library projects. These projects can target multiple platforms, such as, the .Net Framework 4, Silverlight 4, Windows Phone 7 and Metro-Style apps. When working with the project Visual Studio will automatically add any references necessary to support the targeted platforms. Also, Visual Studio will notify you of any incompatible references. I could see this becoming very useful for developers that want to target Metro-Style apps and Windows Phone 7 or maybe Metro-Style Apps and the .Net Framework. It might even be a good idea to always choose a portable class library when beginning a new project. This way you will have the flexibility of adding other platforms. With any of the other project templates you must choose one platform.



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Daren Pannullo
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