Chapter 1. Introduction to ASP.NET Core
ASP.NET Core, the latest version of ASP.NET MVC from Microsoft, is the server-side web application development framework which helps you to build web applications effectively. This runs on top of the ASP.NET 5 platform, which enables your application to be run on a wide variety of platforms, including Linux and Mac OS X. This opens up heaps of opportunities and it is exciting to be a .NET developer in these times.
In this chapter, you'll learn about the following topics:
- Fundamental concepts about web applications—HTTP, client-side, and server-side
- Three programming models of ASP.NET—ASP.NET Web Forms, ASP.NET Web Pages, and ASP.NET MVC
- Philosophy of ASP.NET MVC
- Features of ASP.NET Core and ASP.NET 5
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