There are many benefits to using .NET Core and ASP.NET Core over the old full versions of the frameworks. The main enhancements are open source development and cross-platform support, but there are also significant performance improvements. Open development is important and not only is the source code is available, but also the development work happens in the open on GitHub. The community is encouraged to make contributions and these may be merged-in upstream if they pass a code review; the flow isn't just one way. This has led to increased performance and additional platform support coming from outside Microsoft. If you find a bug in a framework, you can now fix it rather than work around the problem ...
Getting started with the core projects
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