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copied!<p>The following is fairly typical...</p> <pre><code>third-party library release obj debug obj include src sublib 1 sublib 2 mylibrary release obj debug obj include src sublib 1 sublib 2 myapp release obj debug obj subapp 1 subapp 2 mylittleapp release obj debug obj </code></pre> <p>Basically, subfolders for subprojects is common for larger projects, but mostly a particular project has folders for src, include etc. A folder for each build configuration is common, and keeping the obj files and other intermediates in a subfolder of that is a good idea. It may be tempting to put subproject folders in obj folders, but usually that's unnecessary - the obj folders don't need to be well organised, so the only concern is a filename conflict, and the best fix for that is to have unique source filenames within (at least) each project.</p> <p>The "include" folders should IMO only contain headers that will be #included by other projects - internal headers belong in the "src" folder.</p> <p>Putting UI stuff in a separate folder isn't a bad idea, if it's big enough. I've seen UI stuff done as a separate static-linked top-level project, and I do mean app-specific here, not (e.g.) wxWidgets. Usually, though, that level of division is sub-project <em>if</em> it's worth separating at all. How you divide subprojects is more a matter of application-specific blocks in general, so it depends on whether UI stuff is best handled as a separate block or as separate chunks mixed in with task-specific logic.</p> <p>Namespaces aren't the most used language feature, possibly because a lot of people use "using" so much they don't make much difference. A namespace for a main library project makes sense, but associating subfolders to namespaces 1:1 isn't something I've seen. I personally have a namespace that encompasses most of my library code, with a couple of sub-namespaces for things rarely used in general, but used a lot in a few places (e.g. a "bitwise" namespaces). The sub-namespaces are limited to single source/header pairs, so no need for subfolders. Most of the library-specific selection is done by including the right header - except that I usually include the lot through a main-project top-level header anyway.</p> <p>Basically, namespaces are a way of avoiding naming conflicts. They don't necessarily associate with abstractions or functional blocks or anything. Within a particular project, you're probably better off just making sure the names don't conflict. As with the "std" namespace, it's fine to put a <em>lot</em> of stuff in one namespace.</p> <p>As you say, though, this isn't a definitive answer - there are of course minor variations and quite different approaches.</p>

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