project-system/docs/feature-comparison.md

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Feature Comparison

The following is an incomplete list of features differences between the legacy project system and the new project system.

For a list of behavior differences; see Compatibility.

Feature Legacy New Notes
Platforms
.NET Standard
.NET Core Includes .NET 5.0 and later
.NET Framework No ASP.NET AppModel support in new project system
App Models
ASP.NET Core (.NET Framework & .NET Core)
ASP.NET
Xamarin ● (17.0)
Universal Windows Platform (UWP)
Windows Presentation Framework (WPF) ● (16.3)
Windows Forms ● (16.3)
Windows Workflow Foundation (WWF)
Build
Target multiple frameworks (multi-target) from single project
Show build (design-time) errors & warnings in Error List as you make them
Debug/Run
Debug multiple frameworks from single project
Debug with multiple environments from single project ("launch profiles")
Debug settings persistence project.csproj.user launchsettings.json
Influence environment variables on debug
Launch with native debugging
Launch with SQL Server debugging ● (16.4)
Launch with remote debugging ● (16.5)
Launch with Azure Snapshot Debugger
Hot Reload ● (17.0)
Publish
Publish to Azure
ClickOnce Publish
Project
Globbing support <Compile Include="*.cs" />
Simplified project format <Project Sdk="Microsoft.Net.Sdk">
Simplified configuration syntax <Configurations>Debug;Release<Configurations>;<Platforms>AnyCPU;x64</Platforms>
Implicit configuration syntax <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU'">
Edit project XML while project is loaded
Find & Find in Files in project file
Automatically reload project file with no prompts
Automatically reload targets files
Automatically refresh Solution Explorer to reflect file system
Show items included in imports (.targets/.props)
Dependencies
Auto-restore packages on load and external edit
Packages.config support
PackageReference support
Dependency node showing package/project graph
Transitive ProjectReference
Generate NuGet package on build
Features
Add Service Reference
Add Web Reference
Add Data Source ● (16.4)
Settings Designer Added support for .NET Core 3.0 in 16.7
DataSet Designer
"Initialize Interactive Window with Project" Only when targeting .NET Framework.
Class Diagrams
Code Analysis
Code Metrics
Code Clones
Fakes ● (16.7)
T4 Templates
Automation Extenders