Choosing development tools

Configuring our project refers to how we will structure and arrange the files that make up an application. This also refers to how we share those files within a collaborative team. Some tools create files that can be shared among your team members, such as preconfigured settings related to development and debugging features. These files are sometimes referred to as configuration or solution files. This means you can preconfigure a set of development tools to help get your team up to speed quickly. Making sure that all members use similar tools makes debugging and looking at code that is not written by you much easier. This consistency also makes verbal and written communication among members of your team more efficient when synchronizing workflows.

While there are benefits to sharing project configuration files, it is also not necessary for everyone on your team to be using the same tools. In fact, it's even possible to create many different configuration...