Mastering ASP.NET Web API

*.csproj

Any .Net developer would be familiar with the *.csproj file in the .NET project; in ASP.NET Core applications, we do find this file. It's a very trimmed-down version when compared with the traditional .NET applications.

In the initial version of ASP.NET Core, JSON-based project.json file was used for package management, but it was removed to keep in sync with other .NET applications, and to work well with the MSBUILD system.

The .csproj file can be now edited in Visual Studio 2017 IDE without reloading the entire project. Right-click on the project file, click on Edit to make changes.

Let's see the contents of the ASP.NET Core project's *.csproj file:

 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web"> <PropertyGroup> <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.0</TargetFramework> ...