runtime-identifier – Tarik Billa

What does the win/any runtime mean in .NET Core

November 23, 2023 by Tarik

RIDs are used with .NET Core to resolve dependencies on packages. The root for this process of resolving dependencies is your project, which you explicitly tag with one or more RIDs. When building the project, you indicate which RID you are building against. RIDs are defined in a forest of compatibility trees, where any node … Read more

.NET Core RuntimeIdentifier vs TargetFramework

June 15, 2023 by Tarik

The <TargetFramework> (or <TargetFrameworks> when you want have multiple targets, such as net451, one or multiple netstandard1.x etc). Per <TargetFramework> / <TargetFrameworks> entry one set of assemblies will be created and located inside bin\Debug\<targetframeworkid>). This is useful, when you want to use a different library in .NET Core (because the library you used only works … Read more