Let’s take a look at what’s new in ASP.NET Core 2.1! A number of improvements big and small are here, and we walk you through them in this demo-filled session. See how ASP.NET Core 2.1 brings improvements in building WebAPIs, Razor pages enhancements, a new HttpClientFactory and much, much more. We'll also show you a sneak peak of Blazor, an experimental project we're working on to bring C# directly to the browser via WebAssembly.

3. Open source & cross-platform
Web UI, web APIs, real-time, microservices
Fast, reliable, secure

4. .NET Core.NET Framework

5. .NET Core.NET Framework

7. .NET Core 2.1 RC
with ASP.NET Core 2.1 RC
https://aka.ms/DotNetCore21
“Go-live”

9.  Add real-time web functionalities easily with Azure and .NET Core 2.1
 Enable via “services.AddSignalR().AddAzureSignalR()”
Fully managed service
No more worries about capacity provisioning, scaling,
or persistent connections
Use ASP.NET Core SignalR to build real-time experiences
such as chat, stock tickers, live dashboards, and instant
broadcasting
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Native SignalR development

24. “Using the same-size server, we were able to go from 1,000 requests per
second per node with Node.js to 20,000 requests per second with .NET Core.“
— Raygun
https://www.microsoft.com/net/customers
Data sourced from official tests available at TechEmpower Round 14.

25. 2.6MM
599K
97K
2.9MM
662K
216K
-
500,000
1,000,000
1,500,000
2,000,000
2,500,000
3,000,000
Plaintext JSON Fortunes (data access)
RUNTIME PERFORMANCE
.NET Core 2.0 .NET Core 2.1
Data sourced from tests in our labs on same hardware as TechEmpower

26. .NET

27. .NET

29. .cs
.cshtml
BROWSER
HowBlazorworks
WebAssembly
(mono.wasm)
.NET
(mscorlib.dll,
System.Core.dll,…)
App.dll
Compile to .NET
assemblies

31. Try it out!
https://blazor.net

33. https://aka.ms/DotNetCore21