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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 2.0.0)
+
+# How to build on Windows
+- Get Thrift IDL compiler executable, add to some folder and add path to this folder into PATH variable
+- Open ThriftTest.sln in Visual Studio and build
+or
+- Build with scripts
+
+# How to build on Unix
+- Ensure you have .NET Core 2.0.0 SDK installed or use the Ubuntu Xenial docker image
+- Follow common build practice for Thrift: bootstrap, configure, and make precross
+