Create 'SharePoint Solution' programmatically

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I found something related here but did not give me a good start

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Since recently I do a lot of webPart development I want to automate the none-code part of the process, I want to develop a small console app that creates SharePoint solution as the pic, i'll use it as a template for the upcoming webParts

assume the webpart name is a var
string webPartName = "usefulLinks";

Create Empty SharePoint Project
Add Visual WebPart webPartName
Create Classes Folder WebPartName
Create an empty class inside the folder
add the Layouts mapped folder
add css and img folders to the layouts folder
Change part of the .webpart content to custom values
Same to the Elements.xml file
add the Resources mapped folder and add two resources files for Arabic and English
and finally change the feature name to be like webPartName + Feature

any good starting points? or online resources

thank you.

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– Andrew Barber, Commented Jan 23, 2012 at 6:20

Rex M · Accepted Answer · 2012-01-23 06:43:06Z

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What you are really describing is a custom SharePoint Solution Project, not a Visual Studio solution.

Project templates provide the files that are required for a particular project type, include standard assembly references, and set default project properties and compiler options.

This section in MSDN covers how to create project templates for Visual Studio. In particular, it sounds like the best option for you is the "Export Template Wizard", which will create a template based on an existing project you have created.

answered Jan 23, 2012 at 6:43

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Rami Alshareef Over a year ago

the Export Template Wizard extension works just fine, but regarding How to: Substitute Parameters in a Template still vague for me, Couldn't locate any files related to .vstemplate the only file that schema-like this is SharePointProjectItem.spdatainside the layout folder and don't think its related to this matter, anyway I changed its content as article says but nothing helped, I'll be appreciated if you give me hand on this, Thanks.

Rex M Over a year ago

@Rami.Shareef you need to be more specific than "I followed the tutorial and it doesn't work."

Rami Alshareef Over a year ago

ok, to be more specific --> Q: how to use custom parameters in the Export Template Wizard extension? any references would be great

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