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C# and .NET Core Test-Driven Development
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C# and .NET Core Test-Driven Development

by Ayobami Adewole
May 2018
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
300 pages
7h 35m
English
Packt Publishing
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Metapackage

Metapackage is a reference or dependency that is added to a .NET Core project in addition to the already referenced target framework in the project. For example, you can add Microsoft.NETCore.App or NetStandard.Library to a .NET Core project.

At times, it is required to use a set of packages in a project. This is done through the use of metapackages. Metapackages are groups of packages that are often used together. Also, metapackages are NuGet packages that describe a group or set of packages. Metapackages can create a framework for the packages when the framework is specified.

When you reference a metapackage, essentially a reference is made to all the packages contained in the metapackage. In essence, this makes the libraries ...

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