ASP.NET Core

For the current framework, see: ASP.NET

ASP.NET Core is an open-source web application framework, and the next generation of ASP.NET, developed by Microsoft and the community. It is a modular framework that runs on both the full .NET Framework, on Windows, and the cross-platform .NET Core.

The framework is a complete rewrite that unites technologies like ASP.NET MVC and Web API into a single programming model.

Naming

Originally, the framework was to be called ASP.NET 5 when ready. However, in order to avoid implying it is an update to the existing ASP.NET framework, Microsoft later changed the name to ASP.NET Core 1.0.

Features

• No-compile developer experience
• Modular framework distributed as NuGet packages
• Cloud-optimized runtime
• Host-agnostic - runs in IIS or standalone

Components

• Entity Framework (EF) Core
• Identity 3
• MVC 6
• Razor 4

See also

• .NET Compiler Platform
• .NET Core
• NuGet
• Mono
• Visual Studio Code

External link

• ASP.NET vNext
• ASP.NET on GitHub