explain the basic principals behind a nuget server and nuget packages

Question

Can someone explain the basic principals behind a nuget server and nuget packages. I've only used nuget in Visual studio to download things like nunit and other add-ons to enhance my visual studio experience. However, it seems a lot more powerful than this. For instance integration with other systems, eg TeamCity, Octopus for one-click deployment etc. Kind regards.

Answer 1

I found the answer I was looking for on this link.

http://www.codedigest.com/Articles/VisualStudio/396_What_is_NuGet_How_to_use_NuGet.aspx

Answer 2

NuGet is indeed capable to be a lot more than "just" a package manager. I just want to give you some more pointers to resources that might help you:

• I've written quite a few blog posts on NuGet , including one covering the whole NuGet ecosystem
• There's a book on NuGet ( Apress Pro NuGet ): it also covers Chocolatey, OctopusDeploy, and web architecture using NuGet as a protocol.
• There is also MyGet.org (NuGet-as-a-Service)

Hope these help you getting the best out of NuGet.