Differences between nuget-packing a csproj vs. nuspec

Question

Recently, I started to pack nuget packages out of my several projects. First I started with the Package Explorer application. It is a nice tool, but it\'s less useful if you

Answer 1

With a .csproj for Visual Studio 2017, you don't need a .nuspec file. You can actually add the values directly to your csproj and it will pick them up.

Right click the project in Visual Studio, Edit xxxxx.csproj. Notepad works fine too.

  
    1.0.1
    Subtracts
    netstandard1.6;net452
    Checkout.net
    Checkout.net

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p.s. Since I don't have sufficient reputation to comment, I am leaving an answer instead of a comment on Xavier's answer. :)