Client-side package management with Library Manager

The Library Manager is a lightweight tool that makes it easy to acquire client-side libraries. Developers can retrieve libraries like jQuery, bootstrap, Vue.js and others from various supported CDNs or even the file system.

In this episode, Justin Clareburt (@justcla78) comes on to show us some demos of Library Manager, that is now generally available in Visual Studio 2017 v15.8.

• [00:46] - What's the purpose of Library Manager?
• [01:34] - Using Library Manager from Visual Studio
• [05:57] - What providers does Library Manager support?
• [07:56] - How does Library Manager support versioning?
• [08:35] - Working with the manifest file
• [11:42] - Build time enhancements for Visual Studio
• [13:18] - Working with Library Manager via the command-line
• [19:27] - How does Library Manager compare to other client-slide library managers?
• [21:20] - Documentations and acquisition information

Useful Links:

• Library Manager Released in 15.8
• Library Manager: Client-side content manager for web apps
• Use LibMan with ASP.NET Core in Visual Studio
• Use the LibMan command-line interface (CLI) with ASP.NET Core
• Library Manager on GitHub