Add ability to choose NuGet packages for the app

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Implements NuGet package selection for BlazorInteractive, allowing users to search for NuGet packages by name, select a version, and have the downloaded assemblies automatically included in code compilation.

Changes Made

New: NuGet Package Service (WASM-compatible)

• INuGetPackageService + NuGetPackageService in AssemblyCompilation/ — uses HttpClient to call NuGet REST APIs directly in the browser:
  • Package version lookup via the NuGet flat container API
  • .nupkg download and DLL extraction using System.IO.Compression.ZipArchive, with automatic best-matching TFM selection (net8.0 → net7.0 → … → netstandard2.0 fallback)

New: Package UI Component

• PackageComponent.razor — panel embedded in the editor sidebar with:
  • Package ID text input and Search button (loads available versions)
  • Version dropdown populated from the NuGet flat container index
  • Add button that downloads the .nupkg and extracts the DLL bytes
  • List of added packages with individual Remove buttons

Compilation Integration

• ICompiler.CompileAsync extended with optional IEnumerable<ImmutableArray<byte>>? additionalReferences parameter
• CodeCompiler merges NuGet assembly bytes as MetadataReference.CreateFromImage() into the ReferenceCollection before Roslyn compilation
• CompilationArgs carries a PackageAssemblies list populated by PackageComponent

DependencyManagement

• NuGetPackageGetter implemented using NuGet.Protocol for server-side package existence checks

Infrastructure

• All projects updated from net7.0 to net8.0
• Removed broken libman.json / Microsoft.Web.LibraryManager.Build dependency (Monaco editor is provided by the BlazorMonaco NuGet package)
• NuGetPackageService registered in Program.cs via AddHttpClient

Testing

• ✅ All 21 tests pass
• ✅ 0 CodeQL security alerts
• ✅ Build succeeds with 0 errors

Original prompt

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This section details on the original issue you should resolve

<issue_title>NuGet Packages</issue_title>
<issue_description>Allow the app to choose packages from nuget to add additional libraries to the code you produce.
Download these libs and reference them in the compilation so the code works.</issue_description>

Comments on the Issue (you are @copilot in this section)

@TheDanielDoyle Let's add ability to add additional package sources. @AlexHedley Use a typeahead picker for selecting a nuget package?

https://blazored.github.io/Typeahead/

https://github.com/Blazored/Typeahead

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https://blazorise.com/docs/components/dropdown

@AlexHedley 

https://x.com/rickstrahl/status/1901751025461240008</comment_new>

• Fixes NuGet Packages #19

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[AlexHedley]

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Done! Here's what was implemented in commit fb95b8c:

NuGet Package Selection feature:

• INuGetPackageService + NuGetPackageService — WASM-compatible service using HttpClient to call NuGet REST APIs (search, versions, nupkg download) and extract DLLs via ZipArchive
• PackageComponent.razor — UI component with package ID input, version dropdown, Add/Remove buttons, and added packages list
• ICompiler.CompileAsync extended with optional additionalReferences parameter; CodeCompiler merges NuGet assembly bytes into the ReferenceCollection before Roslyn compilation
• NuGetPackageGetter implemented using NuGet.Protocol for server-side use
• All projects updated to net8.0 (required by the newer test SDK); 21 tests pass

Users can now type a package name (e.g. Newtonsoft.Json), click Search to load versions, select a version, click Add, and then compile code that uses types from that package.

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