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Thanks. Very helpful. Last 2 Qs: is Framework different from Core? And how does Windows Presentation Foundation fit in all this?
by hackaflocka 10y ago
Thanks. Very helpful. Last 2 Qs: is Framework different from Core? And how does Windows Presentation Foundation fit in all this?
- oblio 10y ago.NET Framework is the old .NET Framework. It's basically the entire shebang, tied to Windows: VM, class libraries, etc. .NET Core is as the name says, just the "core" of the .NET Framework, the part that's cross platform. However, I'm not sure that at this point the code's common, I believe at least a part of it has been reimplemented. I think that in the future .NET Framework will be based on .NET Core. Therefore .NET Framework will be .NET Core + Windows specific bits. WPF is the fancy name for a .NET UI toolkit for Windows, basically. Think of it as a Windows-only GTK.
- hackaflocka 10y agoThanks. That clarified everything. Sad that one can't find this simplified info on Wikipedia or on the Microsoft website.