.NET tool
.NET tool is a command-line utility packaged for installation and execution through the .NET tooling ecosystem.
ASP.NET Core in Action, 3e
A .NET global tool is a .NET CLI tool installed for use across projects and invoked from the command line.
- How it is used
- Automates command-line project setup and client generation from an OpenAPI description.
- How deep it goes
- Explains installation, project references, packages, and build-time generation, but does not detail the tool's internal implementation.
- Examples
- Uses Microsoft.dotnet-openapi, a fruit API document, FruitClient, and dotnet-ef as concrete command-line examples.
- What you can do after
- Apply it via Microsoft.dotnet-openapi or dotnet-ef to automate API client generation or EF Core migration tasks.
Pro ASP.NET Core 7, Tenth Edition
A .NET CLI package that installs commands executable from the command line for performing development or project-management operations.
- How it is used
- Adds command-line operations for developing and managing .NET projects.
- How deep it goes
- Explains global and project-local installation, replacement, invocation, and verification without detailing tool implementation internals.
- Examples
- Uses dotnet-ef 7.0.0, dotnet ef --help, and Entity Framework Core SQL Server package commands.
- What you can do after
- Operate/configure CLI development tools and verify commands such as dotnet ef from a project folder.
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Related concepts
- dotnet-efincludes · dotnet-ef is the command-line tool for performing Entity Framework Core design-time tasks, including managing migrations and updating databases.
- migrationuses · A migration is a process of transferring or transforming data, software, or system state from a source form or environment to a target form or environment.
- PowerShelluses · PowerShell is Microsoft's cross-platform command shell and scripting language for administering computer systems and automating tasks.
- OpenAPI specificationuses · The OpenAPI Specification is a standard, machine-readable format for describing HTTP APIs, including their operations, inputs, outputs, data structures, and security requirements.
- NSwagincludes · NSwag is an open-source .NET toolset for generating and consuming OpenAPI documents and generating client or server code.
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