Hands-On RESTful Web Services with ASP.NET Core 3

.NET STANDARD

.NET STANDARD was introduced along with .NET Core. The aim of the .NET STANDARD is to provide a common API surface for .NET Core and .NET Framework. It works as a unique Base Class Library (BCL) for our applications in both .NET Framework and .NET Core. The release of .NET Standard 2.0 has introduced 32,000 compatible APIs and supports the following framework versions:

• .NET Framework 4.6.1 +
• .NET Core 2.0 +
• Mono 5.4 +

Recently, Microsoft introduced .NET Standard 2.1. This new version provides new APIs that were introduced as part of the open-source development of .NET Core 3.0. .NET Standard 2.1 will be the common point between the new versions of .NET Core, starting from the 3.0 version, and the other versions of the upcoming ...