NuGet Package Manager

Eazfuscator.NET

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NuGet Package Manager

NuGet is the package manager for the Microsoft development platform. It allows to quickly add a library or a tool to your project.

Eazfuscator.NET is not exception and can be added to your solution via NuGet too.

Why ever bother to use NuGet when we have MSI? A good question. Actually, there are no many reasons to do so. However some usage scenarios can not work with MSI. Let's take a look at the list:

  • Hosted TFS Build Agents may disallow software installs. This depends on TFS infrastructure administration policies. They may prohibit the installation of third-party software on host machines
  • Visual Studio Online does not allow software installs

This is the point when NuGet becomes useful for Eazfuscator.NET deployment. So, let's add Eazfuscator.NET NuGet package to your solution:

  1. Ensure gapotchenko.com NuGet repository is configured

    To do that, please go to Tools → NuGet Package Manager menu and click Package Manager Settings item:

    NuGet package manager settings menu item

    Options window will show:

    NuGet package manager settings window

    Please ensure there is a registered package source with gapotchenko.com name and http://www.gapotchenko.com/nuget URL as shown above.

  2. Install Eazfuscator.NET NuGet package for your solution

    Open context menu for solution and click on Manage NuGet Packages for Solution... item:

    Manage NuGet packages for solution menu item

    NuGet packages management window will open:

    Manage NuGet packages for solution

    Please ensure you are going to install Eazfuscator.NET (Official) package from gapotchenko.com source and press Install button.

What happens to my projects after Eazfuscator.NET NuGet package has been installed in solution?

The projects remain intact, e.g. they don't become protected or unprotected. They behave the same way they did before.

So, the basic workflow of project integration remains the same:

  • Project can be protected by dropping to the green zone of Eazfuscator.NET Assistant
  • Project can be unprotected by dropping to the red zone of Eazfuscator.NET Assistant

You can launch Eazfuscator.NET Assistant from Desktop, or you can invoke it from Package Manager Console, it does not matter. It just works no matter what deployment method is in use currently.

OK. If Eazfuscator.NET NuGet package does not affect projects' behavior then what it does?

Well, it does obfuscation for projects that are considered as protected, e.g. were dropped to the green zone any time before or after. This is the very same behavior of MSI-deployed Eazfucator.NET.

The big difference is this: Eazfuscator.NET is now able to travel to the cloud or a hosted TFS build agent and work there. Just like any source part of your project. Thanks to NuGet, Eazfuscator.NET does not need to be installed on machine.

[Important] Important

Eazfuscator.NET does not support NuGet package restore. Instead, Eazfuscator.NET package should be stored together with your sources.

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