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NuGet 2 Essentials

By : Damir Arh, Dejan Dakić
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NuGet 2 Essentials

By: Damir Arh, Dejan Dakić

Overview of this book

<p>NuGet has made the process of finding and referencing libraries from Visual Studio much easier and has strongly contributed to the expansion of an open source ecosystem. In the three years since its release, it has become an essential tool for both consuming and publishing class libraries for the .NET framework.<br /><br />A concise and practical guide to everything that NuGet has to offer to both consumers and publishers. Through many hands on examples, NuGet2 Essentials will demonstrate all of NuGet’s features and teach you how to use them in everyday development in a .NET framework.<br /><br />Starting out by using NuGet for consuming third-party libraries, this concise guide continues with a detailed look at creating your own packages, and ends by teaching you how to set up your own internal server. Through practical examples, you will learn to manage versions of installed libraries on all development and build machines. You will also discover how to create packages for your own libraries so they can be easily consumed, no matter how much configuration they require. By hosting an internal server, you will have full control of packages being used in your development environment.</p> <p><br />By the end of the book, you will know about everything that NuGet has to offer, and how it can make your development process better.</p>

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NuGet 2 Essentials
Damir Arh | Dejan Dakić
Nov, 2013 | 116 pages
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Table of Contents (13 chapters)
NuGet 2 Essentials
NuGet 2 Essentials
Credits
Credits
Foreword
Foreword
About the Authors
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Preface
Free Chapter
1
Using a Package Manager in Visual Studio
Using a Package Manager in Visual Studio
Benefits of using a package manager
Manually adding third-party library references
Setting up NuGet in Visual Studio
Adding references to third-party libraries using NuGet
Summary
2
Package Management
Package Management
Updating referenced third-party libraries
Support for different target platforms
Using NuGet with source control
Using Package Manager Console
Summary
3
Creating and Publishing a Package
Creating and Publishing a Package
Creating a package with NuGet Package Explorer
Publishing the package to the official NuGet Gallery
Creating and publishing a package from the command line
Generating the package during the build process
Understanding package versioning
Summary
4
Adding Features to a NuGet Package
Adding Features to a NuGet Package
Package folder structure
Multiplatform support
Packaging localized satellite assemblies
Adding new files and modifying existing ones
Including PowerShell scripts in a package
Debugging of packages
Summary
5
Hosting an Internal NuGet Server
Hosting an Internal NuGet Server
Understanding reasons for hosting NuGet internally
Creating a NuGet package repository
NuGet server in a continuous integration system
Summary
Index
Index

About the Authors

Damir Arh has been working with the .NET Framework since it was first released when he was still in university. He has a lot of experience in desktop-based applications, be it Windows Forms or WPF. But he has also done some work in ASP.NET, both web forms and MVC. Lately, he has given more attention to mobile platforms, mostly Windows Store apps and Windows Phone. He's a fan of portable class libraries since he first tried them out.

He has been working on large software projects for over 10 years, gaining experience in source control, continuous integration, and good development practices and patterns to cope with their complexities. He likes to share his knowledge with other developers through his blog at www.damirscorner.com, by answering questions at Stack Overflow, and by speaking at local user group meetings and technical conferences. He has been awarded the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for the second year in a row.

Currently, he works as a Software Architect for Adacta, a company specializing in development of software for insurance companies, based in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

First, I'd like to thank Dejan for deciding to join me in the interesting and challenging project of writing this book. His help made the amount of work required easier to handle. Next, I want to thank the people at Packt Publishing for originally approaching me with the idea for this book, for giving us both the opportunity to write it, and of course for being there throughout the project and helping us getting it completed.

I'd also like to thank the reviewers and the editors for their valuable feedback; they have helped to make this book better.

Last but not least, I'd like to thank my parents and friends for their support and understanding during the evenings and weekends I spent working on this book. Thank you.

Dejan Dakić has been working with the .NET Framework for over five years. He has the most experience with ASP.NET but has also done a lot of work in Windows Forms and WPF. He has been active in mobile development since Windows Mobile, and now he has progressed to Windows RT. Lately, he has been spending time in the Windows Azure environment, focusing on web development, both client- and server-side.

Currently, he works in a team with Damir as a software developer for Adacta—a company specializing in development of software for insurance companies, which is based in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

First, I'd like to thank Damir for inviting me to this interesting project of writing this book. He has been an admirable mentor throughout the whole process.

I'd also like to thank the people at Packt Publishing, reviewers, and the editors for their valuable feedback.

I'd also like to thank my parents, my sister, and friends for their support, comments, and feedback.

Last but not least, I'd like to thank my girlfriend Pia for supporting me and putting up with my late night works on this project. 
Thank you.

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