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Re:Support Single-File Apps in .NET 5 by vitorgrs on Thursday May 21, 2020 @02:25AM (#23255416)
I would consider this still VERY big. It's ok for backend stuff. But now you can also use .NET --Core-- with WinForms, WPF and WinUI. That means, GUI Apps.

You'll have several GUI apps installed on user system...

UWP already handled that years ago, thought.

.msix/.appx supports dependency properly. If the app target's a new .NET version, and it doesn't have downloaded, it just.... download automatically on install. UWP .NET on Windows it's also inside .appx packages.

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Re:Support Single-File Apps in .NET 5 by BitterAmethyst on Thursday May 21, 2020 @02:29AM (#23255440)
Not every use-case has an always available high-bandwidth internet connection.
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Re:Support Single-File Apps in .NET 5 by moron4hire on Thursday May 21, 2020 @02:43AM (#23255501)
Yeah, I often use this feature for "small" utility programs that I want to copy around without an installer and just want to make sure they work without trouble.
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