CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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user1620696
user1620696

Reputation: 11385

Why there's both a netstandard and netstandardapp TFM's?

In the new .NET Platform Standard we have the netstandard TFM (Target Framework Moniker) which allows us to target one specific version of the standard. This gives access to the available API's on that version in our code.

Apart from the netstandard TFM we also have the netstandardapp. I didn't get it. Why do we need those two? If we want to target the .NET Platform Standard don't we just need to target the netstandard TFM?

Upvotes: 6

Views: 654

Answers (1)

bricelam
bricelam

Reputation: 30405

Think of it as the difference between a class library--netstandard--and a console app--netstandardapp. There is currently no difference in terms of APIs.

In theory, netstandardapp could include an additional app model (or APIs) for console apps. This would be similar to how uap adds the Universal Windows app model to netstandard.

Personally, I think it's a case of YAGNI too, but I'm pretty sure this is the reasoning behind it.

Upvotes: 6

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