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Tecman
Tecman

Reputation: 3009

Windows Phone Toolkit: Do I really need to install it using NuGet?

My situation is the following. I'm developing a simple app for my Windows Phone 8 using Silverlight. At some point, I need to add an extra functionality like context menu to my app. It seems, it is enough to add a "normal" reference to the Microsoft.Phone.Controls.Toolkit.dll assembly instead of adding the corresponding NuGet reference that installs a lot of stuff in its package I really do not need at all.

So the question is: do I really need to add it as a NuGet package if the functionality provided by the DLL is enough?

I'm asking because I like to keep my projects as clean as it is possible, and I do not like to add unused stuff that eventually makes my projects very big and complex.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 134

Answers (1)

Igor Kulman
Igor Kulman

Reputation: 16361

Using Nuget instead of referencing a dll in some folder in your project is the more clean way.

If you add all your references through Nuget, it will provide many benefits, like automatic depedencies resolution and download, upgrades to newer versions, restoring on build and no need to check them into version control system ...

Upvotes: 1

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