How to determine the project type in visual studio

Question

How can you determine the \"type\" of a project in Visual Studio?

For example, if a project is a class library, a web application project, a WinForms project, a WCF

Answer 1

Programmatically, using the EnvDTE namespace, you can investigate the Project.Kind property of the Visual Studio project.

However, if you're interested in a more detailed, the project specification file, i.e. the *.csproj, *.vbproj, among others describes the kind of the project in an XML way.