Presentation done at the .net ug about nuget package manager

1. AMIR BARYLKO &
JAMES CHAMBERS
NUGET PACKAGE
MANAGER
Amir Barylko & James Chambers- Nuget mavenTHOUGHT Inc.

2. ABOUT JAMES
• Microsoft MVP in Asp.Net/IIS
• Husband and father of 3
• Humanitarian: food, water, JDRF
• Product & Community Development Manager at
LogiSense
Amir Barylko & James Chambers- Nuget mavenTHOUGHT Inc.

3. ABOUT AMIR
• Architect
• Developer
• Mentor
• Great cook
• Software Quality Expert at mavenTHOUGHT Inc.
Amir Barylko & James Chambers- Nuget mavenTHOUGHT Inc.

4. CONTACT US
• Email: james@jameschambers.com
amir@barylko.com
• Twitter: @canadianjames, @abarylko
• Slides: http://orthocoders.com/presentations.html
Amir Barylko & James Chambers- Nuget mavenTHOUGHT Inc.

5. 12’’ PIZZA ON WHITE
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7. HOW DO WE
SHARE DLLS TODAY?
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8. SHARED FOLDERS
• All the dlls are stored in a particular location
• All the projects add the reference to a DLL
• When a DLL is updated overwrites the previous
version
Amir Barylko & James Chambers- Nuget mavenTHOUGHT Inc.

9. NO VERSIONING
• 1.0.0.0
• Or just changed with releases
• Or nobody cares
Amir Barylko & James Chambers- Nuget mavenTHOUGHT Inc.

10. HUGE SOLUTIONS
• All the projects share the same solution
• No matter cohesion
• It’s easier to “debug” (really?)
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11. BINARIES IN SRC CONTROL
• The binaries of the dependencies
• Are stored in source control
• In order to be able to build every time
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12. UPDATE DLLS NIGHTMARE
• Go to each project and remove the old
• Then add the new reference
• Or just don’t use versioning (only internal)
• But you force everyone to update!
Amir Barylko & James Chambers- Nuget mavenTHOUGHT Inc.

13. ADDING REFERENCES
• Find and add elmah.dll
• Find and add log4net.dll
• Find any other dependency
• Modify configuration
• Etc....
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14. NUGET
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15. VS EXTENSION
• Just install it!
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16. WHERE ARE THE DLLS?
• Packages folder (check it out)
Amir Barylko & James Chambers- Nuget mavenTHOUGHT Inc.

17. RESTORE ON BUILD
• No need to store Packages folder
• Just check “restore on build”
• If needed, nuget will download them
Amir Barylko & James Chambers- Nuget mavenTHOUGHT Inc.

18. COMMAND SHELL
• More flexibility
• Use nuget command shell to install, uninstall etc...
• Auto complete can be handy
• Choose version, etc....
Amir Barylko & James Chambers- Nuget mavenTHOUGHT Inc.

19. WHAT ABOUT DEBUGGING?
• Use the symbol source Luke!
• SymbolSource.Server.Basic can be installed with
nuget :)
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20. PUBLISHING
• Get an API key from your server
• nuget -spec
• Or Albacore has a task for it (Yes, ruby and rake,
get over it)
• Or NugetPackageExplorer
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21. POST INSTALLATION
• Install all dependencies
• Run web transforms
• Run any other configuration
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22. MULTIPLE SERVERS
• Nuget.org
• MyGet
•A shared folder
• Your own local server
Amir Barylko & James Chambers- Nuget mavenTHOUGHT Inc.

23. RISKS / DOUBTS
Amir Barylko & James Chambers- Nuget mavenTHOUGHT Inc.

24. NO INTERNET
• Backups
• Local feeds
• Go home!
Amir Barylko & James Chambers- Nuget mavenTHOUGHT Inc.

25. EXPENSIVE UPDATE
• Update only when you want
• Update all of them together possible
• Why force to update if you don’t need to?
Amir Barylko & James Chambers- Nuget mavenTHOUGHT Inc.

26. FORCES VERSIONING
• And that’s a problem because.... ?
Amir Barylko & James Chambers- Nuget mavenTHOUGHT Inc.

27. IF IT WORKS DON’T BREAK IT
• No more binaries in source control
• Clear dependency management
• Less coupling
• Follow a standard
• Less headaches!
Amir Barylko & James Chambers- Nuget mavenTHOUGHT Inc.

28. CONTACT US
• Email: james@jameschambers.com
amir@barylko.com
• Twitter: @canadianjames, @abarylko
• Slides: http://orthocoders.com/presentations.html
Amir Barylko & James Chambers- Nuget mavenTHOUGHT Inc.