# IT:AD:Nuget:Why Use it? #



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What is Nuget? NuGet is a free, open source developer focused package management system for the .NET platform intent on simplifying the process of incorporating third party libraries into a .NET application during development.


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### Advantages 

The advantages it brings are:

* Let's developers concentrate on their code, 
* Use a myriad of open source libraries
* Packages that depend on other packages, download the dependencies recursively, saving a lot of time.
* Some packages even take care of initial installation and config file changes, easing the learning curve immensely.