Article
12/15/2011

ASP.NET MVC 3 NuGet

Version: 1.1.0

Description

With .NET you can develop class libraries, web projects, complete solutions, frameworks, application servers, web controls and helpers, etc. A live ecosystem of such packages (many of them open source projects) is available for you to download from the Internet and add to your own solutions. You can also create your own library and publish it in your server. Nevertheless, this model implies some costs: you should locate the appropriate software, download and compile it, resolve dependencies of other packages, etc. With NuGet (https://nuget.codeplex.com) tool, you can download, create, and publish software packages, ready to be used by other developers, resolving the hassles of dependencies tracking. You can use a console tool to create a new package, upload it to a Microsoft server or to a server of your own, browse and install them from Visual Studio.

Overview

Note:

This Hands-on Lab assumes you have basic knowledge of ASP.NET. If you have not used ASP.NET MVC before, we recommend you to go over ASP.NET MVC Fundamentals Hand-on Lab.

With NuGet (https://nuget.codeplex.com) tool, you can download, create, and publish software packages, ready to be used by other developers, resolving the hassles of dependencies tracking. You can use a console tool to create a new package, upload it to a Microsoft server or to a server of your own, browse and install them from Visual Studio.

In this Hands-on Lab, you will learn how to:

Make a NuGet package for MvcMusicStore application
Install NuGet Visual Extension tool in Visual Studio
Update an ASP.NET MVC application with a package downloaded from local NuGet Server

System Requirements

You must have the following items to complete this lab:

ASP.NET and ASP.NET MVC 3
Visual Studio 2010
SQL Server Database (Express edition or above)

Exercises

This Hands-On Lab is comprised by the following exercises:

Exercise 1: Creating a NuGet Package
Exercise 2: Consuming NuGet Packages

Estimated time to complete this lab: 30 minutes.

Note:

Each exercise is accompanied by an End folder containing the resulting solution you should obtain after completing the exercises. You can use this solution as a guide if you need additional help working through the exercises.