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.Windows.SDK.Contracts by: Microsoft

The Windows WinRT API Pack enables you to add the latest Windows Runtime APIs support to your .NET Framework 4.6+ and .NET Core 3.0+ libraries and apps.   This package includes all the supported Windows Runtime APIs up to Windows version 26100. If you are targeting earlier platforms, consider only offering functionality available on the detected platform version. For further details, see: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/debug-test-perf/version-adaptive-code Supported platforms: - .NET Framework 4.6+ - .NET Core 3.0+ Requires default package management format set to PackageReference, and NuGet 4.0 or higher.

Microsoft.Windows.CsWinRT by: Microsoft

C#/WinRT provides packaged WinRT projection support for the C# language. It is compatible with .NET 6 or later, and does not require any built-in knowledge of WinRT by the C# compiler.

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.VisualBasic by: Microsoft

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

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.

Mono.TextTemplating by: Mikayla Hutchinson

Open-source implementation of the T4 templating engine.

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.