What are the different types of projects that can be created with Visual Studio.NET?

• Console applications are light weight programs run inside the command prompt (DOS) window. They are commonly used for test applications.
• Windows Applications are form based standard Windows desktop applications for common day to day tasks. Microsoft word is an example of a Windows application.
• Web applications are programs that used to run inside some web server (e.g., IIS) to fulfill the user requests over the http. A typical example of web application is Hotmail and Google.
• Web services are web applications that provide services to other applications over the internet. Google search engine’s web service, e.g., allows other applications to delegate the task of searching over the internet to Google web service and use the result produced by it in their own applications.
• Class library contains components and libraries to be used inside other applications. A Class library can not be executed and thus it does not have any entry point.
• Windows Control Library contains user defined windows controls to be used by Windows applications
• Web Control Library contains user defined web controls to be used by web applications