Value added features with Paket

In the final post of this mini-series on Paket, I want to wrap up by discussion some of the cool features in Paket that aren't available in the standard NuGet client. They address many areas that can be a real pain when trying to create automated, CI / CD solutions as well as simply some …

Migrating Complex NuGet solutions to Paket

In the previous post of this series, we looked at migrating a simple, single-project solution over to Paket. In this post, we'll look at a more complex solution that has multiple projects with shared dependencies, and see some of the issues that Paket picks up that might not have been previously identified. Most of this …

Migration basics from NuGet to Paket

Introduction This is part 2 of a short series of blog posts on Paket. In the first part, I presented the overall value proposition behind Paket and some (but not all!) of the features it provides. In this post, we'll look at performing a migration of a simple NuGet-ified project over to Paket. In a …

Getting Started with Paket – Part 1

Introduction to this series Given the recent discussions happening around Paket, I’ve been asked (or seen questions asked) recently regarding getting up and running with Paket. So, I thought I'd do a short series of posts that covers the "what" and "why" of Paket, followed by the "how" (the "when" is easy - always 😉 …

Some words on #nugate

As the author of what is now becoming an infamous PR, I thought that it’d be an idea to document my thoughts regarding both my motivations for it, as well as my thoughts on the reactions to it from all sides since then. What’s #nugate? tl;dr - a tiny and innocuous PR to the NuGet …

What on earth has happened to NuGet?

After several months away from NuGet, I had to use it again recently in VS2015. I'm completely and utterly gobsmacked at how poor the current experience is. It's confusing, inconsistent and hard to use. Worse than that, it enables workflows that should never, ever be permitted within a package management system. First experiences with the …

Unity Call Handlers released on NuGet

Having worked on this for a while, I've now released a set of simple, easy-to-use call handlers for Unity on NuGet. These include Method Logging, Timing, Caching and null argument Validators. I might add to this collection in future - the source code is on GitHub so you have a look through it as you …

Using Unity Automapper, Step-by-step

Although it’s pretty self-explanatory, I thought that some simple instructions how to use the Unity Automapper might be a good idea anyway. Installation If you’re reading this, there’s a good chance you’re coming here from the link in NuGet’s description, in which case you can skip straight to the Usage section below. Otherwise, read on… …

Unity Automapper on NuGet

I wrote many, many moons ago about doing auto-mapping in Unity using e.g. reflection etc. instead of resorting to config files etc.. Well I’ve now released, via NuGet, a package that offers exactly that. It’s not the most configurable API but supports what I believe are the most common use-cases for auto registration, allowing you …

NuGet, EF4.1 and SQL Compact 4

As I’m waiting around this week for furniture to be delivered to my new abode, I was passing the time today by trying out EF4.1. I thought it’d also be a good opportunity to try out NuGet in order to see how easy it is to download packages + dependencies etc. etc.. So, the test …