Dependencies and references - What exactly should I reference?

Question

I am wondering what to include when building my project. I have a library I need to reference for my project to build but that library has 10 dependencies itself. Should I r

Answer 1

I suppose you are working in Visual Studio.

The short answer is to include only the assemblies needed for your project to compile.

Referencing more assemblies should not cause any problems, for your application will load assemblies when needed at run time, but having a long list of references can get confusing and messy.

Your list of references should tell about what your program does and what functions it uses.