There's a third party tool for exploring the contents of the .nupkg file, without have to unzip the files beforehand. The tool, is called Nuget Package Explorer. This video explores this tool showing how to use it to learn more about packages, whether they are located on your local drive or on the public NuGet repository.
- [Voiceover] NuGet packages contain various files.…Earlier in the course I showed the contents…of this packages folder.…This folder's created by NuGet…there's one per solution and within…these folder are a number of subfolders.…One for each package installed.…I'll open the entity framework folder.…When NuGet installs a package,…it makes a copy of this nupkg file…and then unzips the contents and…puts them in these various folders.…There's a third party tool for exploring…the contents of the nupkg file…without having to unzip the files beforehand.…
The tool is called NuGet Package Explorer.…It's also used to create your own custom NuGet packages.…I this video, I'll explore the explorer aspects only.…The first step is to install the explorer.…Go to github.com/NuGetPackageExplorer…and click on this section.…Scroll down to the middle of the page…and click on this link the latest clickonce release.…That will download a file to my computer…click on it here.…And then I'll click on install button.…
That opens NuGet Package Explorer…
Author
Walt Ritscher
Released
4/28/2016- What is a package manager?
- Installing NuGet in Visual Studio
- Installing and managing packages
- Updating packages
- Working with PowerShell and NuGet
- Finding packages with NuGet Gallery and ASP.NET MVC
- Using Package Restore
- Using the Chocolatey machine packet manager
- Using Boxstarter for creating installation packages
- Using OneGet/PackageManagement
- Creating, publishing, and installing a custom NuGet package
Skill Level Beginner
Duration
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Introduction
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Welcome58s
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What you should know1m 47s
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1. Package Managers Explained
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What is a package manager?5m 16s
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Understand the NuGet system3m 29s
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2. Explore NuGet in Visual Studio 2015
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Install a package5m 50s
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What's in a package file?4m 14s
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Update a package2m 6s
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Change version settings3m 51s
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Uninstall a package3m 5s
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Use NuGet Package Explorer2m 14s
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3. Use the NuGet PowerShell Integration
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Work with PowerShell3m 5s
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4. Interesting and Useful NuGet Packages
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5. Use Package Restore
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6. Leverage NuGet with Chocolatey
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Overview of Chocolatey4m 16s
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Install Chocolatey2m 10s
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Work with versions2m 37s
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7. Leverage NuGet with Other Tools
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Overview of Boxstarter4m 54s
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Install Boxstarter1m 8s
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Create a Boxstarter script3m 36s
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Overview of OneGet1m 31s
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8. Additional Topics
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Conclusion
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Next steps59s
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