ASP.NET Core runs on top of .NET Core, although it can also run on the full .NET Framework. We will only cover running on .NET Core, as this performs better and ensures enhanced platform support. There are many projects that make up ASP.NET Core and it's worth briefly mentioning some of them.
It's useful to not include any framework references to .NET 4 in your project, so that you can be sure you're only using .NET Core and don't accidentally reference any dependencies that are not yet supported. This is less of a problem with .NET Standard 2.0, so if you stick to the supported APIs then your project should work on all frameworks that implement them.
ASP.NET Core includes Model-View-Controller (MVC), Web API, and Razor Pages ...
