We have been mentioning NuGet in passing in previous sections of this chapter. NuGet is a package manager for .NET (and Windows). The client tool of NuGet enables us to create and install packages. The NuGet gallery (http://www.nuget.org/packages) is the online feed/repository of NuGet packages. The NuGet extension for Visual Studio allows us to manage NuGet packages for a solution from Visual Studio.
The following screenshot shows the Manage NuGet Packages dialog that can be accessed from the Tools | Library Package Manager | Manage NuGet packages for Solution menu item:
The NuGet.exe client can be downloaded from http://nuget.org/nuget.exe. The NuGet.exe file can be downloaded and added to PATH as needed.