This document provides an overview of ASP.NET Core 1.0, including its history and key features. It discusses how ASP.NET Core 1.0 is open source, cross-platform, high performance, modular, and seamlessly transitions applications between on-premises and cloud environments. The document also demonstrates how to install and create a basic project with ASP.NET Core 1.0, highlighting features like middleware, dependency injection, MVC, diagnostics, routing, views and tag helpers.

2. Shaun Walker
- Microsoft MVP (11 years), ASP Insider
- .NET Foundation Advisory Council
- Creator of DotNetNuke
shaun.walker@arrowdesigns.com
@sbwalker
About Me: Based in Abbotsford, BC,
Canada. Proud parent. I love ice
hockey, music, and technology.

5. History of Microsoft’s Web Frameworks
1996 – Active Server Pages (ASP)
2002 – ASP.NET
2008 – ASP.NET MVC
2010 – ASP.NET Web Pages
2012 – ASP.NET Web API, SignalR

6. Characteristics of the Modern Web
Web Frameworks:
- Responsive Design
- Client Frameworks
- Cloud Ready
- Cross Platform
- Open Source
Web Tooling:
- Standards Based
- Develop in Browser
- Open Tooling
- Grunt / Bower

7. Open Web Server Interface for .NET
- Open Sourceproject ( http://owin.org/)
- Specificationpublishedin 2012
- Standardizedinterfacebetweenweb serversand web applications
- In practicalterms,a decouplingof ASP.NETfrom IIS
- Providesthe flexibilityto run other OWIN-enabledframeworkson IIS
- Providesthe flexibilityto run Microsoft’sweb frameworksin other environments
- Introducedthe conceptof “Middleware”

8. History of ASP.NET Core 1.0
2012– Open WebServerInterfacefor .NET (OWIN)
2012– “ProjectK”
2013– Katana(Microsoftimplementationof OWIN)
2014– ASP.NETvNext
2015– ASP.NET5
2016– ASP.NETCore 1.0*
*Note: full renameto ASP.NETCore 1.0 will be completedin RC2

10. ASP.NET Core 1.0 Key Values
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Open Source
with Contributions
Cross-PlatformOSS
Seamless transition
from on-premises to cloud
Faster Development CycleTotally Modular
High Performance Unified Experience1

11. Modern Web - Productive
Faster Development CycleUnified Experience1
- MVC & Web API
unified( Web Pages
coming)
- DependencyInjection
- Tracing& Diagnostics
- Featuresshippedas
packagesvia Nuget
- Frameworkshipsas
partof your application
- Side-by-side
frameworkversioning
- Servicepackcontrol

12. Modern Web – Fast
- Fasterstartuptimes
- Lowermemory/
higherdensity(> 90%
reduction)
- Use a raw socket,
frameworkor both
- IIS or self-hosted
- New HTTP request
pipelineutilizing
Middleware
- Opt into onlydesired
features
High Performance Totally Modular

13. Modern Web - Flexible
- Cloudready
configuration,session,
cache
- No codechangesfor
Cloud
- Diagnostics,remote
tracingand debugging
Seamless transition
from on-premises to cloud
- Visual Studio,Text,
Cloudeditors
- No editors(command
line)
Choose your Editors
and Tools

14. Modern Web – Cross Platform
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux
Cross-Platform
Open Source
with Contributions
OSS
- ApacheLicense,
Version2.0
- Availableon Github
- Pull Requests

16. ASP.NET 4.6 and ASP.NET Core 1.0

17. ASP.NET 4.6 and ASP.NET Core 1.0
.NET Framework 4.6 .NET Core 1.0
Full .NET Framework for any scenario and
library support on Windows
Modular libraries & runtime optimized for
server and cloud workloads

18. https://github.com/aspnet/home/wiki/roadmap
Milestone Release Date
Beta6 Jul 27, 2015
Beta7 Sep 2, 2015
Beta8 Oct 15, 2015
RC1 Nov 18, 2015
RC2 April 2016??
RTM Summer/Fall 2016??
Release Schedule

19. Performance Benchmark
ASP.NETCore 1.0 exceeded1.15 millionRequestsper Secondand 12.6Gbps of
Throughput– 2300% greaterthan ASP.NET4.6!!

21. https://get.asp.net

22. Installing ASP.NET Core 1.0 On Windows
1. InstallVisualStudio 2015
- Be sure to specifythat you want to includethe .
2. InstallASP.NET5
- This will installthe latestASP.NET5 runtimeand tooling.
3. Enablethe ASP.NET5 command-linetools.
- Open a command-promptand run: dnvmupgrade
(thiswill enable the default.NET ExecutionEnvironment(DNX)).

23. .NET Execution Environment (DNX)
- SDK and runtimeenvironmentfor creating.NET applicationson Windows, Mac, and
Linux.
- Provides a host process,CLR hosting logic and managedentry point discovery and can
be interactedwith through a commandline tool.
- Distributedwith your application

24. Create Project
> File
> New Project
> ASP.NET Web Application
- ApplicationInsights Integration

25. Project Templates
> ASP.NET 5 Templates
> Web Application
- AuthenticationOptions
- Microsoft Azure Options

26. Demo
Getting Started with ASP.NET Core 1.0

28. Project Structure
/References- server-sidereferences
/wwwroot - web app root and location of staticresources
/Dependencies- client-side dependencies(Bower/NPM)
/Migrations- Entity Frameworkmigrations
appsettings.json- configurationsettings
project.json- server side dependencies(Nuget)
Startup.cs- applicationentry point, configurationof request
pipeline and services

29. Middleware
- Componentsassembledinto an
applicationpipeline to handle requests
and responses.
- Each componentcan pass the request
on to the next componentor terminate
- Componentshave the opportunityto
performoperationsbefore and afterthe
next componentexecutes
- Ordering of componentsis important
- Authentication,staticfiles, MVC, etc…

30. Dependency Injection (DI)
- First-classcitizen
- DefaultInversionof Control(IoC) containerprovided (canbe replaced)
- Declareyour Servicesin Startup.cs

31. Adding MVC

32. Diagnostics
- get rich diagnosticsby using the Microsoft.AspNet.Diagnosticspackageand
app.UseDeveloperExceptionPage();in Startup.cs

33. Routing
- Familiarconvention-basedsyntax
- Consistentfor both MVC and WebAPI
- Support for Filtersand Attributes(withconstructorinjection)

34. Views
- Now supportDependencyInjectionwith @inject
- _ViewImports.cshtmlfor registeringnamespacesto be used in your Views

35. View Components
- Finallya more robust componentmodel for MVC!
- Similarto partialviews but with more power (ie. complexbusinesslogic)

36. Tag Helpers
- HTML helpers expressed as
HTML tags
- Designer friendly
- Easier to customize with
additional attributes
- Works seamlessly with any
HTML editor

37. - Input Tag:
- Generates:
- From:
Tag Helpers

38. Tag Helpers
- Create your own custom Tag Helpers!

39. Entity Framework Core 1.0
- Formerly named Entity Framework 7
- Rewritten from scratch
- Common classes, patterns and workflows remain intact
- Code First workflow only ( no designer-based EDMX model )
- Smaller Footprint
- Cross Platform

40. Demo
ASP.NET Core 1.0 Features

41. ASP.NET Core 1.0 Resources
http://www.asp.net/vnext
http://get.asp.net
http://docs.asp.net
https://live.asp.net/

42. Questions?