Packaging your libraries for NuGet distribution
Before we learn how to create and package our own libraries, we will review how a project can use an existing package.
Referencing a NuGet package
Let’s say that you want to add a package created by a third-party developer, for example, Newtonsoft.Json
, a popular package for working with the JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) serialization format:
- In the
AssembliesAndNamespaces
project, add a reference to theNewtonsoft.Json
NuGet package, either using the GUI for Visual Studio 2022 or thedotnet add package
command for Visual Studio Code. - Open the
AssembliesAndNamespaces.csproj
file and note that a package reference has been added, as shown in the following markup:<ItemGroup> <PackageReference Include="newtonsoft.json" Version="13.0.1" /> </ItemGroup>
If you have a more recent version of the newtonsoft.json
package, then it has been updated...