Microsoft has released the second major version of its open source and cross-platform web application framework, ASP.NET Core. This runs on top of .NET Core, which is also open and is now, likewise, at version 2. ASP.NET Core is primarily used with the C# programming language, but F# and VB.NET can also be used. You are no longer tied to using Windows with ASP.NET, and you can now develop on a Mac and deploy to Linux. The new platform also offers much higher performance.
Version 2 is what version 1 should have been, as the first stable release was not really production ready. Major changes were made very late in the release candidate stage. Thankfully, things have stabilized with the new tooling, and you can now use ASP.NET Core in ...
