aspnetcore-tooling/docs/ProjectsAndLayering.md

Product Layers

High Level Overview

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Input:

RoslynWorkspace [1] ProjectEngineHost
MS.AspNetCore.Razor.LanguageServer [1] MS.AspNetCore.Razor.LanguageServer.Common
MS.AspNetCore.Razor.LanguageServer.Common [1] Compiler
MS.AspNetCore.Razor.LanguageServer.Common [1] Workspaces
ProjectEngineHost [1] Compiler
Workspaces [1] Compiler
Workspaces [1] ProjectEngineHost
OOP Tag Helper Discovery [1] Workspaces
MS.VS.Editor.Razor [1] Workspaces
MS.VS.LanguageServerClient.Razor [1] MS.AspNetCore.Razor.LanguageServer
MS.VS.LanguageServerClient.Razor [1] MS.AspNetCore.Razor.LanguageServer.Common
MS.VS.LanguageServerClient.Razor [1] Workspaces
MS.VS.LanguageServerClient.Razor [1] MS.VS.Editor.Razor
MS.VS.LanguageServerClient.Razor [1] ContainedLanguage
LanguageServices.VS [1] MS.VS.Editor.Razor
LiveShare [1] MS.VS.Editor.Razor
Mac.LanguageServices [1] MS.VS.Editor.Razor
VS Mac [1] Compiler
VS Mac [1] MS.VS.LanguageServerClient.Razor
VS Mac [1] Mac.LanguageServices
VS [1] MS.AspNetCore.Razor.LanguageServer
VS [1] MS.AspNetCore.Razor.LanguageServer.Common
VS [1] Workspaces
VS [1] OOP Tag Helper Discovery
VS [1] MS.VS.Editor.Razor
VS [1] ContainedLanguage
VS [1] MS.VS.LanguageServerClient.Razor
VS [1] LanguageServices.VS
VS [1] LiveShare
rzls [1] MS.AspNetCore.Razor.LanguageServer

Details

Shared

This project is shared between all layers (both compiler and tooling) to provide language support types for modern C# language features.

• Target Framework: net8.0;netstandard2.0;net472
• Projects:
  • Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Utilities.Shared

Compiler

• Target Framework: net8.0;netstandard2.0
• Projects:
  • Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Razor.Compiler

Tooling Core

These projects are referenced by most Razor tooling projects. Because of this, they target the broadest set of frameworks.

• Target Framework: net8.0;netstandard2.0;net472
• Projects:
  • Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.ProjectEngineHost
  • Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Razor.Workspaces

Razor Language Server

• Target Framework: net8.0;net472
• Projects:
  • Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.LanguageServer
  • Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.LanguageServer.Common
  • Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.LanguageServer.Protocol

Razor Language Server (rzls)

• Target Framework: net8.0
• Projects:
  • rzls

Roslyn OOP (for Visual Studio)

• Target Framework: netstandard2.0
• Projects:
  • Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Remote.Razor
  • Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Remote.Razor.CoreComponents

Visual Studio (Windows)

• Target Framework: net472
• Projects:
  • Microsoft.VisualStudio.Editor.Razor
  • Microsoft.VisualStudio.LanguageServer.ContainedLanguage
  • Microsoft.VisualStudio.LanguageServerClient.Razor
  • Microsoft.VisualStudio.LiveShare.Razor
  • Microsoft.VisualStudio.RazorExtension
  • Microsoft.VisualStudio.RazorExtension.Dependencies
  • RazorDeployment

Miscellaneous / Test hosting

• Target Framework: net7.0
• Projects:
  • Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.ExternalAccess.RoslynWorkspace

Testing Layers

Shared test infra

• Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Test.Common (net8.0;net472)

API Shims

• Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Test.ComponentShim (netstandard2.0)
• Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Test.MvcShim (net8.0;net472)
• Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Test.MvcShim.ClassLib (netstandard2.0)
• Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Test.MvcShim.Version1_X (net8.0;net472)
• Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Test.MvcShim.Version2_X (net8.0;net472)

Tooling Core Tests

• Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Razor.Workspaces.Test (net8.0;net472 - only on Windows)
• Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Razor.Workspaces.Test.Common (net8.0;net472)

Language Server

• Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.LanguageServer.Common.Test (net8.0)
• Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.LanguageServer.Test (net8.0-windows)
• Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.LanguageServer.Test.Common (net8.0;net472)

Roslyn OOP (for Visual Studio) Tests

• Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Remote.Razor.Test (net8.0;net472 - only on Windows)

Visual Studio Code (Windows)

• Microsoft.VisualStudio.Editor.Razor.Test (net472)
• Microsoft.VisualStudio.Editor.Razor.Test.Common (net472)
• Microsoft.VisualStudio.LanguageServer.ContainedLanguage.Test (net472)
• Microsoft.VisualStudio.LanguageServer.ContainedLanguage.Test.Common (net472)
• Microsoft.VisualStudio.LanguageServerClient.Razor.Test (net472)
• Microsoft.VisualStudio.LanguageServices.Razor.Test (net472)
• Microsoft.VisualStudio.LiveShare.Razor.Test (net472)
• Microsoft.VisualStudio.Razor.IntegrationTests (net472)