Referencing ASP.NET Core Web Application(.NET Core) from Class Library (.NET Core)

Question

I am trying to add reference to ASP.NET Core Web Application from Class Library project (.NET Core) which will be my Unit Tests project.

I am getting error with default empty projects(File -> New Project):

I have tried to downgrade Tests project to 1.4 with no success.

Try to change netstandard1.5 to netcoreapp1.0 in the test project's project.json. — adem caglin
– adem caglin, Commented Jun 22, 2016 at 13:29
Unit Test assemblies are applications, not class libraries. @ademcaglin: is right and netcoreapp1.0 should be used for unit and integration testing projects — Tseng
– Tseng, Commented Jun 22, 2016 at 13:44
@ademcaglin You are right this solve issue. If you want you can write answer so I can mark it that resolved issue. — Radenko Zec
– Radenko Zec, Commented Jun 22, 2016 at 14:01

adem caglin · Accepted Answer · 2016-06-22 14:32:18Z

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netcoreapp is for applications(web, console and test), netstandard is for class library projects.

So, changing netstandard1.5 to netcoreapp1.0 in test project's project.json will solve your problem.

answered Jun 22, 2016 at 14:32

adem caglin

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