Standard .NET Project Structure

A dotnet CLI tool (dotnet-new-project) which will create following .NET project structure in folder.

$/
  artifacts/
  build/
  docs/
  lib/
  packages/
  samples/
  src/
  tests/
  .editorconfig
  .gitignore
  .gitattributes
  build.cmd
  build.sh
  LICENSE
  Directory.Build.props
  NuGet.Config
  README.md
  {solution}.sln

This folder is considered as standard folder structure for .NET project in the ecosystem, which is also being used for many of the .NET foundation project.

How to use

1. Install CLI tool by running following command. (ignore if already installed)

dotnet tool install --global dotnet-new-project

2. Create a folder for your project and navigate into it.

mkdir AwesomeProject && cd AwesomeProject

3. Run dotnet-new-project to create folder structure.