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Asked: 2026-06-15T17:34:39+00:00

Hope I don’t get marked down for a dumb simple question… I have written

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Hope I don’t get marked down for a dumb simple question…

I have written a couple of Windows Forms application before (very very basic!) and now my manager wants me to write an web front end application where I put a server into a text box and press enter and then it displays some settings about the server.

When I go into Visual Studio New Project which project should I choose to do this? This will be in C# and the options are below:

  1. Windows Forms Application
  2. WPF Application
  3. Console Application
  4. Class Library
  5. WPF Browser Application
  6. Empty Project
  7. Windows Service
  8. WPF Custom Control Library
  9. WPF User Control Library
  10. Windows Forms Control Library

What my aim is to write the code on the backend and then link a ASP.net webpage to the code so it reads information about settings on the server and displays all the stuff on the webpage.

Is ASP.net the best way to do this or something like WPF? Never done both so want to go for something that I can use again and again (and is simple to learn and implement!)

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  1. Editorial Team

    my manager wants me to write an web front end application

    When I go into Visual Studio New Project which project should I choose
    to do this?

    You want to click the Web tab under C# in the project template browser and choose the template for an ASP.NET Web Application, or if you feel confident enough, you could even go for the MVC approach. This will largely depend on your skill level! You will need Visual Web Developer (2010 and prior), Visual Studio for Web (2012), or a version of Visual Studio that is NOT an Express Edition, and has web templates installed.

    Just FYI…as for your list of project templates, this is why they are NOT suitable for web applications.

    Windows Forms Application
    Desktop application based on Windows Forms technology (WPF is the successor to WinForms)

    WPF Application
    Desktop application based on Windows Presentation Foundation technology

    Console Application
    MS-DOS style text based “console” application.

    Class Library
    Purely code which compiles to DLL and therefore cannot be directly executed.

    WPF Browser Application
    Similar to a “WPF Application” except that it is meant to run inside a browser.

    Empty Project
    Does what it says on the tin!

    Windows Service
    An application which runs in the background, limited/no user interaction.

    WPF Custom Control Library
    Allows custom WPF controls to be created, for use with a WPF application.

    WPF User Control Library
    Allows custom WPF user controls to be created, for use with a WPF application.

    Windows Forms Control Library
    Allows custom WinForms controls to be created, for use with a WinForms application.

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