Which .Net should I be using—.Net Framework, .Net Standard, Xamarin’s Mono (and the closely related Unity 3D gaming tools), or .Net Core? With four sets of libraries and a trio of runtimes ...

with two distinct strands of development in the familiar .NET Framework and the new, open-source .NET Core. A common set of .NET Standard libraries aimed to bring the two together, giving ...

The big annual Stack Overflow Developer Survey reveals some curious data points, like .NET Core/.NET 5 being the "most loved" non-web dev framework even though the old .NET Framework that it's ...

proprietary Windows-only .NET Framework and put them in its successor, the open source, cross-platform ".NET Core" scheme that became just .NET 5, .NET 6, .NET 7 and so on. In fact, it was only last ...

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.

.NET Core is the modular open-source implementation of .NET for creating web apps and services that run on Windows, Linux, and Mac. It can share the same code with .NET Framework and Xamarin apps.