1. NuGet Sweet, but not edible Chris Alcock @calcock http://TheMorningBrew.NET/

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3. Agenda What is NuGet, What’s it all about? Using NuGet as a package consumer Creating your own packages – Simple Package creation – Advanced Package creation Embracing the Package Manager Console Configuring package sources

4. What Is NuGet?.NET Package Manager Originally Nu / NuPack, renamed to NuGet Shipped With ASP.NET MVC3 Open Source – Part of Outercurve Foundation, hosted on CodePlex In Top 5 New Open Source Project to Watch 2010 Currently version 1.3 http://www.nuget.org http://www.outercurve.org http://nuget.codeplex.com

5. Package Management?!?!? Tools to make it easy to obtain, install and update libraries Influenced by other Package Managers: – Apt-Get - Linux – Gems - Ruby – HornGet -.NET Other.NET Packages Managers exists – OpenWrap

6. How NuGet Helps… Makes getting and installing packages easy Nice IDE Integration Provides means of finding and distributing packages Deals with more than just.NET assemblies Supports projects targeting different runtime versions and platforms Rich installation and scripting support

7. Package Gallery http://www.nuget.org Provides official source of NuGet Packages Package publishing, ownership and community functions Package Stats – http://stats.nuget.orghttp://stats.nuget.org

8. Demonstration Using NuGet as a package consumer (GUI)

9. Demonstration Installing & Uninstalling Packages via Console

10. Packaging Your Wares Steps: – Write your library / Code – Define Package Specification, Files to be included, etc – Build the package – Publish – Consume Shortcuts and Tooling makes some of this easy

11. Packaging Your Wares Can’t do it with the Extension alone Get NuGet.Exe from CodePlex NuGet Package Explorer is also really useful Both available from http://nuget.codeplex.com/releases http://nuget.codeplex.com/releases

12. Parts of NuGet Package NuGet Packages can contain: – Assemblies – Content Files – Configuration – Scripts Uses convention over configuration

13. Other Uses for Packaging Nuget isn’t just useful for distributing.NET Assemblies Can also package: – JavaScript libraries – Samples – Scripts Any Tools or files are possible

14. Demonstration Making a Package (or 2)

15. So What Else? NuGet Package Console IS PowerShell Gives easiest way to do command line operations on your VS projects PowerShell’s inclusion provides scripting capabilities for packages

16. Demonstration Package Management Console OR PowerShell Console

17. PowerShell In Packages 3 Special PowerShell Scripts in NuGet – Init.ps1 – Install.ps1 – Uninstall.ps1 Scripts located in Tools package folder Have access to Environment via parameters: – $installPath, $toolsPath, $package, $project

18. Demonstration PowerShell In Packages

19. Web Start-Up Code Simple way to enable start-up of your library in Web Apps WebActivator NuGet library Replacements of the [PreApplicationStartMethod] and [PostApplicationStartMethod] attributes which were included in.NET 4

20. Demonstration Using WebActivator in your packages

21. Extending IDE w/ PowerShell NuGet Packages can add commands to Package Management Console Implement as Standard PowerShell Functions / Modules Register using Init.ps1 NuGet Script

22. Demonstration Extending IDE

23. Package Sources The NuGet Extension supports multiple Package Sources in a hierarchy Problems if One source is down Three ways to add your own: – Local Directories – Read Only Server – Your Own Gallery

24. Working with Multiple Sources Configure sources in Package Manager Settings Choose Source in console Use –Source in Nuget.exe

25. Directory Source Easiest to set up Works over network drives too Add your own packages or pull in public packages

26. Demonstration Own Packages in Directory

27. Hosting Web Based Read Only Next Logical Step, moving closer to the full gallery experience Made possible using a NuGet Package – NuGet.Server It’s a web application, so you can add to it, read more about that here: – http://scou.se/~Gxn http://scou.se/~Gxn

28. Demonstration Hosting Read Only

29. Your Own Gallery NuGet official Gallery is based on Orchard CMS All Open Source – can create your own Gives full fidelity – Create packages and publish to gallery – Browse Gallery – Manage your packages – Extend or integrate with your own requirements Great set of instructions online on the NuGet Documentation site – http://scou.se/~Gxxhttp://scou.se/~Gxx

30. NuGet Gallery Requirements.NET 4 IIS – 2 Hosts, Gallery and Gallery Service SQL Server Express / SQL Server – 2 databases & suitable authentication Mercurial MSBuild in your Path ~1.3GB Disk Space

31. Demonstration Your Own Gallery

32. Summary Explored package consumption Built packages in a variety of ways Seen how PowerShell can be used in the IDE Looked at the options for managing your own NuGet Feed

33. Further Information & Questions Main Site: http://nuget.orghttp://nuget.org Documentation: http://docs.nuget.orghttp://docs.nuget.org Project: http://nuget.codeplex.comhttp://nuget.codeplex.com Mix11 – Scott Hanselman & Phil Haack – NuGet In Depth http://scou.se/~Gyw http://scou.se/~Gyw TechEd North America 11 – Scott Hanselman - NuGet: Microsoft.NET Package Management for the Enterprise http://scou.se/~Gyx http://scou.se/~Gyx NuGet Gallery Project: http://nuggetgallery.codeplex.comhttp://nuggetgallery.codeplex.com Orchard Project: http://www.orchardproject.net/http://www.orchardproject.net/ These slides will be online - http://cwa.me.ukhttp://cwa.me.uk PowerPoint Template Based on http://www.templateswise.com/detail/link-174.htmlhttp://www.templateswise.com/detail/link-174.html