Top 15 .NET Core Libraries That You Must Know

.NET framework has always been a go-to platform to develop robust, scalable and secure apps for enterprises. Microsoft released .NET framework 19 years ago and it continues to stay a first choice for developers. Even new .NET Core is the most valuable and useful update of the framework that gives dynamic, feature-rich, robust web-based apps and mobile apps. Recently, .NET Core got new updates about features with less coding, deploying high-performance and scalable apps. All the updates were done in .Net framework libraries. Let’s see the top 15 .NET core libraries that you must know.

Top 15 .NET Core Libraries That You Must Know-

1. FluentEmail-

It is an open-source .Net library that helps to implement email functionality in .NET app within just a few minutes. This library supports Razor for prebuilt email templates and sending mails through popular email delivery services like SendGrid and MailGun via SMTP protocol. It offers more control over how mail is sent through email delivery service. Here are some of the FluentEmail packages-

• FluentEmail.SMTP – To send emails through SMTP protocol
• FluentEmail.mailgun- It is used to send emails using mailgun REST API.
• FluentEmail.SendGrid- To send emails through SendGrid REST APIs. 
• FluentEmail.Core- It is a best package to send emails through SMTP. As it is a base package, it only includes basic defaults and domain model.

2. Swashbuckle-

Swashbuckle is a .net core library to build great API documentation. It also enables to explore and test API operations with Swagger UI. Here are some of the core features of this library-

• Support for XML comments
• Automatic generation of Swagger 2.0 and seamless integration with Swagger UI.
• You get reflection-based schema generation as you describe your API types
• Support for extensibility hooks
• Support for authentication Implicit OAuth2 scheme and flow, APIKey and basic authentication

3. AutoFac-

It is an IoC container for .NET that enables to run classes and dependencies as separate components so as to easily manage when they become more scalable and complex. AutoFac has a good community and has reputation of being the popular NuGet package in .NET. AutoFac also helps to identify misconfigurations and issues in large-scale apps. Third-party container in app enhances the code readability and provides easily testable code, centralizing dependency management for classes. It helps you to scale only required component rather than scaling the entire app.

4. Xunit-

It is a free, open-source, community-focused testing tool through which you can test small independent components instead of going behind larger parts of program.It allows alignment of design goals and simplicity with the framework’s features. Installing xUnit installs the dependencies like-

• Xunit.asert- It includes assertion libraries to validate whether the condition is valid or not.
• Xunit.analyzers- Includes librariesto write unit test cases to test app for all possible conditions
• Xunit.analyzers- By installing this package provides testing team with code analyzers that help them to find and fix frequently occurring issues and bugs when writing robust test cases.

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