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Tralala
Tralala

Reputation: 283

Difference between Reference / Extension / NuGet Pacakge VB.NET

What is the difference in VB.NET between

Upvotes: 1

Views: 115

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jmcilhinney
jmcilhinney

Reputation: 54427

A reference is another assembly that your project is aware of in order to access the types and members declared within it. For example, a Windows Forms Application project will reference the System.Windows.Forms.dll assembly by default, in order to access all the types relevant to Windows Forms.

An extension is a plug-in/add-in for Visual Studio that provides additional functionality not present in the IDE by default. Some are provided by Microsoft but are built separately to the VS IDE.

A NuGet package is a bundle of an assembly that your project can reference and/or other useful files the project can use. NuGet makes it simple to find and add references and other useful files through a common interface, rather than having to find, download and otherwise manage them yourself.

Upvotes: 3

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