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.Net Core Empty Project - [Project].csproj file explained

The [Project].csproj file is an automatically generated project file that you’ll encounter and work with in your .NET Core project. In this particular scenario, I’m using an empty project template, which means my .csproj file contains minimal, auto-generated content. 

Before we start adding code throughout the project, it’s essential to understand the default content of this file. This blog post aims to explore precisely that.

If you initiate the project correctly, you will see content like this in your .csproj file.

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">

  <PropertyGroup>
    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
    <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
    <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
  </PropertyGroup>

</Project>

We'll take a look line by line

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">

At the parent tag, you can see a property named SDK, and its current value is Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web. This indicates that you are using the .NET Web SDK, which is used for developing web applications. The .NET toolset supporting your application is mainly designed for web development.

    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>

This indicates the target framework of your application. The larger the framework version, the more support you receive from the framework.

    <Nullable>enable</Nullable>

his tag enables annotating nullable types in your program. For example:

String ? text = null;

Allowing nullable types facilitates a warning at compile time if you dereference a nullable reference type without properly handling it. For instance:

int x = text.lenth; //Gives you a compiler-time warning

int x = text?.length ?? 0 ;  //No warning

<ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>

This feature enables implicit ‘using’ directives. It only works in or after .NET 6.0. This reduces the boilerplate of ‘using’ directives. With this, commonly used namespaces such as System are automatically included in the project you create.

FYI:

Boilerplate code is repetitive standard or necessary code that appears in multiple places within the app. To reduce boilerplate, you have three options facilitated by the .NET Framework:

  1. Global ‘using’ directive
  2. using static directive
  3. Implicit ‘using’


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