Intro -- NuGet 2 Essentials -- Table of Contents -- NuGet 2 Essentials -- Credits -- Foreword -- About the Authors -- About the Reviewers -- www.PacktPub.com -- Support files, eBooks, discount offers and more -- Why Subscribe? -- Free Access for Packt account holders -- Preface -- What this book covers -- What you need for this book -- Who this book is for -- Conventions -- Reader feedback -- Customer support -- Downloading the example code -- Errata -- Piracy -- Questions -- 1. 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 -- Requirements -- Installing NuGet -- Installing from the Visual Studio gallery -- Installing from the Extension Manager -- Installing the command-line utility -- Adding references to third-party libraries using NuGet -- Dependencies with NuGet -- Summary -- 2. Package Management -- Updating referenced third-party libraries -- Updating an installed package -- Local package version management -- Support for different target platforms -- Installing a package for an unsupported target platform -- Using NuGet with source control -- Using NuGet on a build server -- Using Package Manager Console -- Summary -- 3. Creating and Publishing a Package -- Creating a package with NuGet Package Explorer -- Dependencies -- Publishing the package to the official NuGet Gallery -- Creating and publishing a package from the command line -- Creating a NuGet specification -- Packing the package -- Publishing the package -- Generating the package during the build process -- Understanding package versioning -- SemVer -- The prerelease packages -- Summary -- 4. Adding Features to a NuGet Package -- Package folder structure -- Multiplatform support -- Testing a NuGet package locally -- Folder naming conventions.

Packaging localized satellite assemblies -- Adding localized assemblies to the main package -- Creating satellite packages -- Adding new files and modifying existing ones -- Transforming configuration files -- The XML-Document-Transform syntax -- Adding source code files -- Visual Studio project properties -- Adding MSBuild targets and properties -- Including PowerShell scripts in a package -- Running a script at install time -- Adding a PowerShell module -- Debugging of packages -- Creating and publishing a symbol package -- Consuming a symbol package -- Summary -- 5. Hosting an Internal NuGet Server -- Understanding reasons for hosting NuGet internally -- Creating a NuGet package repository -- Creating a filesystem-based NuGet repository -- The NuGet cache -- Creating a lightweight NuGet server -- Configuring the NuGet server -- Accessing packages -- Using a private feed with package restore -- The NuGet Gallery -- Prerequisites -- Installing the NuGet Gallery -- Configuring and compiling the NuGet Gallery -- NuGet server in a continuous integration system -- Summary -- Index.

This concise guide is full of hands-on examples to guide you through all of NuGet's features and use them in everyday development of .NET frameworks.If you are a .NET developer who wants to learn more about NuGet, this book is ideal for you. Although it doesn't require any prior knowledge about NuGet itself, it assumes that you are already familiar with Visual Studio and the .NET framework. All code in the examples is written using C# so you will also need at least a basic knowledge of the language.

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