Configuring with the backend and customizing with Visual Studio : Working with a project in Visual Studio

Working with a project in Visual Studio

A Sitefinity project is a standard ASP.NET web application statically compiled with references in the bin folder. The project folder contains a C# project file, all of the required libraries (bin dir), and a folder structure that supports customization.

When you open the C# project file in VS, it is under a temporary solution, with the default name SitefinityWebApp. Before making any customizations, it is a good practice to save all files so that the solution is saved and everything gets bundled together. Sitefinity default VS solution

The documentation provides the following information about some common tasks you might perform in Visual Studio:

Using the Thunder plugin

Create a custom widget

Edit a master page

Adding resources such as CSS, JavaScript, and JQuery to a project