NuGet

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NuGet
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NuGet is the package manager for .NET. The NuGet client tools provide the ability to produce and consume packages. The NuGet Gallery is the central package repository used by all package authors and consumers.N/A
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Not really have a choice here, especially when working with .NET Framework / .NET Core. At least the built-in GUI of NuGet helps beginners get up to speed quickly. However, advanced users would be able to be more productive with Maven / Ivy thanks to the complete text-based …
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User Testimonials
NuGet
Likelihood to Recommend
Microsoft
Whenever your projects need some packages which are available on NuGet it is easy to consume them with the help of tools such as Visual Studio, and MSBuild. We can add customized functionality to existing packages and can host them as a separate packages easily. Packages that depend on other packages are well managed by NuGet.
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Pros
Microsoft
  • The built-in package explorer / manager in Visual Studio work reliably
  • Integration with popular web-based repository manager is good
  • Command-line options are enough even for complex use cases like publishing to private, credentials-protected repositories
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Cons
Microsoft
  • Incomplete download resume in case of network disruptions
  • Adding user friendly platform to add and update the packages
  • Package creation option in Visual Studio
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Microsoft
Not really have a choice here, especially when working with .NET Framework / .NET Core. At least the built-in GUI of NuGet helps beginners get up to speed quickly. However, advanced users would be able to be more productive with Maven / Ivy thanks to the complete text-based format. Basically, people from the Java world are spoiled by a much better dependency management system.
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Return on Investment
Microsoft
  • Saves a rework by sharing the common functionalities across the projects
  • Helped to optimize the given package using a central repository
  • Helped to make use of existing useful packages
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