Last updated : May 22, 2013
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Understand more
May 2013
Adopt
We feel strongly that the industry should be adopting these items. We use them when appropriate on our projects.
Package systems for third-party library management continue to gain acceptance and features across all platforms. We called out NuGet as a recent entry, and the addition of Chocolatey NuGet exemplifies the advances and capabilities springing up around this essential agile engineering practice.
Oct 2012
Trial
Worth pursuing. It is important to understand how to build up this capability. Enterprises should try this technology on a project that can handle the risk.
Package management systems are a widely accepted practice for incorporating third party libraries. Tools such as RubyGems, Maven, APT, are available at both language and system level. NuGet is such a system for .Net platform. It consists of a Visual Studio IDE extension and a PowerShell module that opens the possibility for further improving build automation on the .Net platform.
Mar 2012
Trial
Worth pursuing. It is important to understand how to build up this capability. Enterprises should try this technology on a project that can handle the risk.
Published : Mar 16, 2012
