.NET Core Features: Everything You Need To Know

Date: 6/7/2021

​​“Once a new technology rolls over you if you’re not part of the steamroller, you’re part of the road.”
​– Stewart Brand, American Writer

What is .Net Core?

.NET Core is a cross-platform version of .NET, which is an open-source, free development platform maintained by Microsoft. .NET Core is used for building websites, consoles, and services apps. It runs on Windows, Linux, and macOS operating systems.

The framework of .NET Core can be used to develop different types of applications like mobile, web, desktop, cloud, IoT, microservices, etc. It is designed from scratch to make it scalable, lightweight, and fast. It includes the essential features needed to run the basic .NET Core app. Certain features are provided as NuGet packages, which can be added to your application as required. In this way, the .NET Core applications speed up performance, making it easy to maintain while reducing memory footprint.

The .NET Core Key Features:

  1. Increased flexibility with cross-platform support
    .NET Core can run applications on Windows, Linux, and macOS. Businesses can target a large number of audiences and multiple technologies, making .NET Core the best option.

  2. Wide range of applications
    The .NET Core framework can develop various applications, including Gaming, IoT, AI, Machine learning, web, mobile, and desktop applications.

  3. Lightweight and modular applications
    .NET Core supports microservices and docker containers, enabling independent service deployment where services are connected via API.

  4. Deployment flexibility
    .NET Core can be deployed system-wide or via docker containers.

  5. Command Line Interface Tools
    Tools for local deployments and continuous integration are included.

  6. Consistent across environments
    Applications run consistently across different architectures and operating systems, including x64, x86, and ARM.

.NET Core has gained a considerable reputation due to extensive resources, libraries, and frameworks. It supports ASP.NET, C#, F#, ML.NET, Xamarin, WinForms, WPF, and more. It includes Ahead of Time compilation (AOT), Garbage Collection (GC), Just In Time collection (JIT), and a base class library. These components build an intelligible .NET Core framework.

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