NuGet (pronounced "New Get")And The Winner Is, NuGet
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designed to enable developers to share reusable code. It is a

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. The Outercurve Foundation initially created it under the name NuPack. Since its introduction in 2010, NuGet has evolved into a larger ecosystem of tools and services.

Overview

NuGet is a package manager for developers. It enables developers to share and consume useful code. A NuGet package is a single ZIP file that bears a .nupack or .nupkg filename extension and contains

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and their needed files. NuGet was initially distributed as a

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extension. Starting with Visual Studio 2012, both

and Visual Studio for Mac can natively utilise NuGet packages. NuGet's client, nuget.exe is a

, command-line app that can both create and consume packages.

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SDK (dotnet.exe) can use it when it is present. NuGet is also integrated with SharpDevelop. It supports multiple programming languages, including: *

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packages * .NET packages * Native packages written in C++, with package creation aided by CoApp

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