What Is Different About Modern .NET?

Modern .NET is modularized compared to the legacy .NET Framework, which is monolithic. It is open source, and Microsoft makes decisions about improvements and changes transparently. Microsoft has made significant efforts to enhance the performance of .NET.

It is smaller than the previous version of .NET Framework due to the removal of legacy and non-cross-platform technologies. For example, workloads such as Windows Forms and Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) can be ...