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Releases

Release	Date	Details	Links
2.3	End of April 2013	In Development Support C++ and WiX project types Support Mono for Android Automatic imports of msbuild targets Option to overwrite content files Specifying minimum NuGet client version Package Restore improvements	work items changelog download
2.2.1	Released February 15, 2013	Localization Refresh Multi-repository preinstalled packages A few targeted bug fixes	work items release notes download
2.2	Released December 12, 2012	Visual Studio 2012 Quick Launch Specify folder for package contents 83 bug fixes	work items release notes download
2.1	Released October 4, 2012	Portable class library support Specifying Packages folder location Hierarchical configuration support Update-Package -Reinstall command	work items release notes download
2.0	Released June 19, 2012	Enhanced target framework support (content, tools, and dependencies varying by framework)	work items release notes download
1.8	Released May 23, 2012	Satellite package support Pre-installed package enhancements for project templates	work items release notes download
1.7	Released April 4, 2012	NuGet Package Restore Networking bug fixes Improved Source Control integration Pre-installed Packages for project/item templates	work items release notes download

Intro

NuGet is a free, open source developer focused package management system for the .NET platform intent on simplifying the process of incorporating third party libraries into a .NET application during development. NuGet is a member of the ASP.NET Gallery in the Outercurve Foundation (see the press release).

There are a large number of useful 3rd party open source libraries out there for the .NET platform, but for those not familiar with the OSS ecosystem, it can be a pain to pull these libraries into a project.

Let’s take ELMAH as an example. It’s a fine error logging utility which has no dependencies on other libraries, but is still a challenge to integrate into a project. These are the steps it takes:

Find ELMAH
Download the correct zip package.
“Unblock” the package.
Verify its hash against the one provided by the hosting environment.
Unzip the package contents into a specific location in the solution.
Add an assembly reference to the assembly.
Update web.config with the correct settings which a developer needs to search for.

And this is for a library that has no dependencies. Imagine doing this for NHibernate.Linq which has multiple dependencies each needing similar steps. We can do much better!

NuGet automates all these common and tedious tasks for a package as well as its dependencies. It removes nearly all of the challenges of incorporating a third party open source library into a project’s source tree. Of course, using that library properly is still up to the developer.

Here's a small sampling of what NuGet can do:

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