ASP.NET CORE .CSProj File..Understanding the project file ASP.NET CORE 6.0/7.0

The .csproj file tells dotnet how to build the ASP.NET application. It’s one of the most important files in an ASP.NET project.

An ASP.NET project can depend on third-party libraries developed by other developers. Usually, these libraries are installed as Nuget packages using Nuget package manager. Once you install a package using Nuget, the name of the package along with its version is listed in the .csproj file.