C# Framework Extensions

The .NET base class libraries of .NET Framework and .Net Core leaves gaps — handy methods missing from existing types and whole types you end up rewriting in every project — and these extensions fill both, enriching the BCL types and adding the ones it lacks (with the Backports package also letting the same code use modern C# on older runtimes).

Packages

Package	Description	Version	Downloads
FrameworkExtensions.Backports	Extensions to assure newer compiler features work in older versions.
FrameworkExtensions.Corlib	Extensions for every type of project.
FrameworkExtensions.ASP.NET	Extensions to ASP.NET.
FrameworkExtensions.DirectoryServices	Extensions to DirectoryServices.
FrameworkExtensions.Microsoft.Office	Extensions to Microsoft Office.
FrameworkExtensions.Microsoft.Win32	Extensions to Microsoft.Win32.
FrameworkExtensions.PresentationCore	Extensions to WPF.
FrameworkExtensions.System.Drawing	Extensions to System.Drawing.
FrameworkExtensions.System.Windows.Forms	Extensions to WindowsForms.

Building

# Restore + build a single package (cross-platform packages build anywhere):
dotnet build Corlib.Extensions/Corlib.Extensions.csproj --configuration Release

# Run the unit tests (Windows; multi-target frameworks):
dotnet test Tests/Corlib.Tests/Corlib.Tests.csproj --configuration Release

CI builds the cross-platform packages on Linux and runs the test suite on Windows across the supported target frameworks — see CI/CD.

License

Licensed under LGPL-3.0 — see LICENSE.

• give credit to Hawkynt when using
• please open pull requests if you add something
• report issues and get in contact via GitHub
• always deliver the LICENSE file to your code's customer

See CONTRIBUTING for the contribution rules.