It got a lot better in .NET Core three when they stopped using Nuget packages for the core framework works. Now building and updating apps based on just the cor

It got a lot better in .NET Core three when they stopped using Nuget packages for the core framework works. Now building and updating apps based on just the core frameworks no longer installs and restores Nuget packages. This makes it faster, simpler, and takes less space on disk. You probably still will have more Nuget packages in your ASP.NET Core project than a classic .NET Framework project would. Details about the new system: https://github.com/dotnet/designs/blob/main/accepted/2019/targeting-packs-and-runtime-packs.md https://github.com/dotnet/designs/blob/main/accepted/2019/ta...