Microsoft renames Asp.net 5 to Asp.net Core 1.0

Microsoft has renamed its cross-platform web app framework from Asp.net 5 to Asp.net Core 1.0. According to the company, calling the built-from-the-ground framework Asp.net 5 was a bad idea. Entity Framework 7 and .Net Core 5 will also be renamed.

According to Microsoft employee Scott Hanselman, it was not a good idea to stick version number 5 on the new Asp.net framework because it gives the idea that Asp.net 5 is bigger and better than Asp.net 4.6 and that it replaces it. “That’s not the case,” said Hanselman.

Microsoft is therefore renaming Asp.net 5 to Asp.net Core 1.0, while .Net Core 5 will henceforth be referred to as .Net Core 1.0. The name Entity Framework 7 also disappears: it changes to Entity Framework Core 1.0. The new names should indicate that these are completely new frameworks and that, for example, .Net Core is not yet as complete as .Net Framework 4.6.

Microsoft is rebuilding its .Net development platform to make it cross-platform and release it under an open source license. Asp.net 4.6 remains the more mature platform for the time being, Hanselman emphasizes and he points out that Asp.net Core 1.0 supports Web Api and mvc, but does not yet have SignalR or Web Pages, and there is also no support for Visual Basic and F# yet. , only for C#.