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+# Apache Thrift net-core-lib tests
+
+Tests for Thrift client library ported to Microsoft .Net Core 
+
+# Content
+- ThriftTest - tests for Thrift library 
+
+# Reused components 
+- NET Core Standard 1.6 (SDK 1.0.0-preview2-003121)
+- NET Core App 1.1
+
+# How to build
+- Download and install .NET Core SDK for your platform https://www.microsoft.com/net/core#windowsvs2015 (archive for SDK 1.0.0-preview2-003121 located by: https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/master/release-notes/download-archive.md)
+- Ensure that you have thrift.exe which supports netcore lib and it added to PATH 
+- Go to current folder 
+- Run **build.sh** or **build.cmd** from the root of cloned repository
+
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 {
-  "projects": [ "../../lib/netcore" ]
+  "projects": [ "../../lib/netcore" ],
+   "sdk": {
+    "version": "1.0.0-preview2-1-003177" // "1.0.0-preview2-003121", "1.0.0-preview4-004233"
+  }
 }
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