If you've looked at csproj (C# (csharp) projects) in the past in a text editor you probably looked away quickly. They are effectively MSBuild files that orchestrate the build process. Phrased differently, a csproj file is an instance of an MSBuild file. In Visual Studio 2017 and .NET Core 2 (and beyond) the csproj format is MUCH MUCH leaner. There's a lot of smart defaults, support for "globbing" like **/*.cs, etc and you don't need to state a bunch of obvious stuff. Truly you can take earlier msbuild/csproj files and get them down to a dozen lines of XML, plus package references. PackageReferences (references to NuGet packages) should be moved out of packages.config and into the csproj. This lets you manage all project dependencies in one place and gives you and uncluttered view of top-level dependencies. However, upgrading isn't as simple as "open the old project file and have VS automatically migrate you." You have some options when migrating to .NET Core and the .NET Standard. First, and above all, run the .


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