Understanding the .NET Core command-line tools
There are two sets of command-line interface tools that you can use to manage .NET Core.
Understanding the DNX tools
The .NET Version Manager, .NET Execution Environment, and .NET Development Utilities (dnvm, dnx, and dnu) were used by Microsoft during the initial development of the .NET Core between 2013 and 2015. They are installed as part of Visual Studio 2015.
The .NET Version Manager (dnvm) is used to install various versions of the .NET Execution Environment (dnx).
A dnx is a software development kit (SDK) and runtime environment that has everything you need to build and run .NET applications, including a host process, CLR, and managed entry-point discovery. There are three common dnxes: the .NET Framework, the .NET Core, and Mono.
The .NET Development Utilities (dnu) tool provides functions to help with ASP.NET Core development. The most common function is to use dnu to install and manage library packages in our application by using its restore...
