What is .NET core?

• ASP.NET Core is the open-source version of ASP.NET maintained by Microsoft.
• This framework, announced on November 12, 2014, and first released on June  27, 2016, is the successor to the .NET Framework.
• .NET Core is a general-purpose high-performance framework.
• .NET Core is used to build all kinds of software including Web applications, Mobile apps, Desktop applications, Cloud services, Microservices, APIs, Games, and IoT applications. 
• It is a cross-platform framework that runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux operating systems.
• .NET Core supports C#, VB.NET, F#, XAML, and TypeScript. 
• .NET Core uses consistent API model written in .NET Standard and is common to all .NET applications. The same API or library can be used with multiple platforms in multiple languages.
• .NET Core is more modularized. This helps you create applications with only the libraries you need and no extra baggage.
• .NET Core application can be deployed in cloud or on premises
• .NET core is light weight but new features can be added via NuGet Packages. This results high performance, less memory, less size and easy to maintain.