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Understanding .NET Framework and Core

Understanding .NET Framework and Core

Learn about the details of the .NET framework, .NET Core, Mono, Xamarin, and Unity projects.

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.NET 7, .NET Core, .NET Framework, and Xamarin are related and overlapping platforms for developers to build applications and services. In this lesson, we will introduce ourselves to these .NET concepts.

Understanding .NET Framework

.NET Framework is a development platform with a Common Language Runtime (CLR), which manages code execution, and a Base Class Library (BCL), which provides a rich library of classes to build applications.

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Common language runtime and Base class library
Common language runtime and Base class library

Microsoft originally designed the .NET Framework to have the possibility of being cross-platform, but Microsoft put its implementation efforts into making it work best with Windows. As .NET Framework 4.5.2, it has been an official Windows operating system component. ...