ASP.NET 5 Dependencies and Package Managers

Visual Studio 2015 and ASP.NET 5 make it easier to manage the many libraries and code packages on which a modern web application depends. This includes compiled server code libraries such as the .NET Framework itself (see the earlier section “The ASP.NET Framework”) using NuGet. Microsoft has also added support for handling client-side libraries using the popular, open source projects Bower, NPM, and Gulp. This section takes you through using each of these package managers to add features and functionality to your site.

Framework Dependencies and References (Using project.json and NuGet)

As discussed in “The ASP.NET Framework,” you can configure your web application to target the full, machine-wide ...

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