support .NET Core

[David Rundle]

NOTE: do not want to support multiple CLR versions, (currently the compiled output will work on mono, and .NET 4.0, 4.5, 4.6, which covers alot of projects)

Evaluate moving to the latest .Net project files

initial impact thoughts

• Type has changed to use TypeInfo, which I believe exists in 4.5 (https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/system.reflection.typeinfo(v=vs.110).aspx)

• project file

• build scripts, for the compile

[David Rundle]

sounds like .NET Standard v2.0 will implement/expose a lot more of the .NET framework functionality

[David Rundle]

commit: 84701d0

Breaking change, .NET 4.0 removed! in favour for .NET 4.5 using HttpClient, this is a change to the internal HTTP code.

this should be compatible for .NET standard (1.6 confirmed, however see if 1.1 will work, looks like it should)

[David Rundle]

updated the code base to support .NET Standard 1.1 and 1.6

note there are some compile time directives

Nuget package is here: https://preview.nuget.org/packages/ArmChair.Core/0.7.3

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blogs which were helpful for reference:

• http://www.natemcmaster.com/blog/2017/01/19/project-json-to-csproj/
• https://www.bartwolff.com/Blog/2017/03/20/targeting-multiple-net-platforms-in-a-single-nuget-package-w
• http://wmpratt.com/dotnet-publish-where-are-my-xml-docs/

[David Rundle]

initial support has been added

#8c192cda0a8d