NET Core has been created to have many of the APIs that are available in the current release of .NET Framework.

Going forward, ASP.NET 5 will be known as ASP.NET Core 1.0, and .NET Core 5 will be renamed to .NET Core 1.0. Entity Framework 7 also is being rebranded as Entity Framework Core 1.0.

.NET Standard is an API specification that defines what Base Class Libraries must be implemented. .NET Core is a managed framework optimized for building console, cloud, ASP.NET Core, and UWP ...

Microsoft cautions that not all projects are good candidates for moving off .NET Framework to .NET Core, which is optimized for building highly scalable Web applications running on Windows, macOS or ...

In the move from the ageing, Windows-only .NET Framework to the new open source, cross-platform .NET Core framework, some technologies weren't invited along for the ride, but open source projects may ...

The change will allow organizations to manage .NET Framework and .NET Core updates in the same way they do other Microsoft-related products via the company’s automated update service.

Microsoft's .NET 5 developer platform, key to the company's work to unify its different .NET flavors, is generally available as of today, November 10.

Follow these best practices when using asynchronous programming in .NET Core to build more performant and scalable applications.