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daCypher
1 year ago

I often need the Nuget package manager or the Nuget console. But as Lamanini says, the two have different tasks.

With the Extension Manager, you can install extensions for Visual Studio so that you can, for example, look at SQL databases or a wizard that you have any frameworks configured to have less work.

With the NuGet package manager you can pack for your program install, so that your program can access SQL databases or use the entity framework or supports Hot Reload etc.

Or else: The Extension Manager is for extensions that you need during the development and the NuGet Manager is for extensions that your program needs during the runtime. (These two also grab a bit of each other. The extensions from the Extension Manager can sometimes install new NuGet packages and the NuGet packages can define new code clips or code generators that help you develop)

daCypher
1 year ago
Reply to  TotalConquest

Then there’s something different about your visual studio than mine. There are both extensions, but one manages extensions for the IDE and the other manages extensions for the developed program.

In principle, the question is the same as if you would ask if you prefer to pack your shopping in a shopping cart or in your car. Both have the commonity that they have storage space for purchases, but you still need the shopping cart as long as you are in the store and the car only when you want to bring the purchases home.

Lamanini
1 year ago

Am I doof or do they have different tasks? How can I compare them?