Microsoft.VisualStudio.Threading by: Microsoft

Async synchronization primitives, async collections, TPL and dataflow extensions. The JoinableTaskFactory allows synchronously blocking the UI thread for async work. This package is applicable to any .NET application (not just Visual Studio).

Microsoft.Win32.Primitives by: Microsoft

Provides common types for Win32-based libraries. Commonly Used Types: System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGeneration.Design by: Microsoft

Code Generation tool for ASP.NET Core. Contains the dotnet-aspnet-codegenerator command used for generating controllers and views.

Microsoft.WindowsAzure.ConfigurationManager by: Microsoft

Windows Azure Configuration Manager provides unified API to load the configuration settings regardless of where the application is hosted - whether on-premises or in a Cloud Service.

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Azure.Containers.Tools.Targets by: Microsoft

Targets files to enable the Visual Studio Tools for Containers.

Microsoft.VisualBasic by: Microsoft

Provides types that support the Visual Basic runtime Commonly Used Types: Microsoft.VisualBasic.Strings Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices.Conversions

Microsoft.TestPlatform.ObjectModel by: Microsoft

Microsoft.TestPlatform.ObjectModel provides a set of APIs to author extensions for test platform. The 11.0 version of ObjectModel supports VS 2012 Update 5 to VS 2015 Update 3.

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Threading.Analyzers by: Microsoft

Static code analyzer to detect common mistakes or potential issues regarding threading and async coding.

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGeneration.Utils by: Microsoft

Contains utilities used by ASP.NET Core Code Generation packages.

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGeneration by: Microsoft

Contains the CodeGenCommand that finds the appropriate code generator and invokes it from project dependencies.

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGenerators.Mvc by: Microsoft

Code Generators for ASP.NET Core MVC. Contains code generators for MVC Controllers and Views.

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.BrowserLink by: Microsoft

A middleware that supports creating a communication channel between the development environment and one or more web browsers.

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGeneration.EntityFrameworkCore by: Microsoft

Contains Entity Framework Core Services used by ASP.NET Core Code Generators.

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.Configuration.Interop by: Microsoft

Managed query API for enumerating Visual Studio setup instances using embeddable interoperability types.

Microsoft.Win32.Registry by: Microsoft

Provides support for accessing and modifying the Windows Registry. Commonly Used Types: Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey Microsoft.Win32.Registry Microsoft.Win32.RegistryValueKind Microsoft.Win32.RegistryHive Microsoft.Win32.RegistryView

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGeneration.Templating by: Microsoft

Contains Razor based templating host used by ASP.NET Core Code Generators.

Microsoft.Web.WebView2 by: Microsoft

The WebView2 control enables you to embed web technologies (HTML, CSS, and JavaScript) in your native applications powered by Microsoft Edge (Chromium). This package is necessary for Win32 C/C++, WPF, and WinForms applications. To learn more about package versions checkout https://aka.ms/wv2-packageversion. To learn best practices checkout: https://aka.ms/wv2-bestpractices.

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGeneration.Core by: Microsoft

Contains the core infrastructure used by ASP.NET Core Code Generators.

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGeneration.Contracts by: Microsoft

Contains interfaces for Project Model and messaging for scaffolding.

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Validation by: Microsoft

Common input validation and state verification utility methods.