ASP.net 5 (everything you should know so far…)

ASP.net 5 is the new (and significantly redesigned) open source and cross-platform framework for building .NET web applications which can run on both .NET Framework 4.6 and .NET Core.

Getting Started

• Install : https://get.asp.net/
  
  
• Learn : https://mva.microsoft.com/en-US/training-courses/introduction-to-asp-net-5-13786
  
  
• Docs : https://docs.asp.net/en/latest/ 
  
  

Tools and Terminologies

• DNX – Short for .NET Execution Environment. It is a SDK + Runtime environment to run .net applications for Windows, Mac and Linux.
  
  • DNVM – .NET Version Manager
  • DNX – .NET Execution Environment
  • DNU – .NET Development Utilities
    
    
• OWIN – Open web interface for .NET
  
  
• WebListener – Self hosted windows-only web server for ASP.NET applications to be hosted outside of IIS.
  
  
• Kestrel – Cross platform web server for ASP.net 5 based on libuv (the async I/O library used by Node.js)
  
  
• Katana - OWIN implementations for Microsoft servers and frameworks.
  
  
• OmniSharp – Makes cross platform .NET development much easier.
  • See Scott Hanselman’s post for more details on how it works.
    
    
• Yeoman – Scaffolding tool for modern web apps.
  • Yeoman generator for ASP.net 5 apps

Additional Resources

• Deep Dive ASP.net 5 (Tech Days Sweden)
  
  
• Mastering ASP.NET 5 without growing a beard
  
  
• Building Web App with ASP.net 5, MVC 6, EF7 and AngularJS (pluralsight course by Shawn Wildermuth)
  
  
• Benchmarks for ASP.net 5
  
  
• How to Run ASP.net 5 on a Raspberry Pi 2
  
  
• ASP.net 5 and SPA  (Microsoft.AspNet.NodeServices)
  

Enjoy modern web development….

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