Microsoft yesterday announced about the release of ASP.NET 5. This is one of the most significant architectural updates Microsoft has ever done to ASP.NET. With ASP.NET 5 , Microsoft is making the core web framework much leaner (it no longer requires System.Web.dll) and more modular.
As part of this release we are making ASP.NET leaner, more modular, cross-platform, and cloud optimized. The ASP.NET 5 preview is now available as a preview release, and you can start using it today by downloading the latest CTP of Visual Studio 2015 which we just made available.
ASP.NET 5 is an open source web framework for building modern web applications that can be developed and run on Windows, Linux and the Mac. It includes the MVC 6 framework, which now combines the features of MVC and Web API into a single web programming framework. ASP.NET 5 will also be the basis for SignalR 3 – enabling you to add real time functionality to cloud connected applications. ASP.NET 5 is built on the .NET Core runtime, but it can also be run on the full .NET Framework for maximum compatibility.
With ASP.NET 5 you gain the following foundational improvements:
- Build and run cross-platform ASP.NET apps on Windows, Mac and Linux
- Built on .NET Core, which supports true side-by-side app versioning
- New tooling that simplifies modern Web development
- Single aligned web stack for Web UI and Web APIs
- Cloud-ready environment-based configuration
- Integrated support for creating and using NuGet packages
- Built-in support for dependency injection
- Ability to host on IIS or self-host in your own process
Read more about it here.
