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Landing page - explain full .NET Framework. #5571

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description: Provides an introduction to ASP.NET Core.
manager: wpickett
ms.author: riande
ms.date: 12/12/2017
ms.date: 02/28/2018
ms.prod: asp.net-core
ms.technology: aspnet
ms.topic: article
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* Ability to build and run on Windows, macOS, and Linux.
* Open-source and [community-focused](https://live.asp.net/).

ASP.NET Core ships entirely as [NuGet](https://www.nuget.org/) packages. This allows you to optimize your app to include only the necessary NuGet packages. In fact, ASP.NET Core 2.x apps targeting .NET Core only require a [single NuGet package](xref:fundamentals/metapackage). The benefits of a smaller app surface area include tighter security, reduced servicing, and improved performance.
ASP.NET Core ships entirely as [NuGet](https://www.nuget.org/) packages. Using NuGet packages allows you to optimize your app to include only the necessary dependencies. In fact, ASP.NET Core 2.x apps targeting .NET Core only require a [single NuGet package](xref:fundamentals/metapackage). The benefits of a smaller app surface area include tighter security, reduced servicing, and improved performance.

## Build web APIs and web UI using ASP.NET Core MVC

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## Client-side development

ASP.NET Core integrates seamlessly with popular client-side frameworks and libraries, including [Angular](xref:spa/angular), [React](xref:spa/react), and [Bootstrap](xref:client-side/bootstrap). See [Client-side development](xref:client-side/index) for more details.
ASP.NET Core integrates seamlessly with popular client-side frameworks and libraries, including [Angular](xref:spa/angular), [React](xref:spa/react), and [Bootstrap](xref:client-side/bootstrap). For more information, see [Client-side development](xref:client-side/index).

## ASP.NET Core targeting .NET Framework

ASP.NET Core can target .NET Core or .NET Framework. ASP.NET Core apps targeting .NET Framework aren't cross-platform—they run on Windows only. There are no plans to remove support for targeting .NET Framework in ASP.NET Core. Generally, ASP.NET Core is made up of [.NET Standard](/dotnet/standard/net-standard) libraries. Apps written with .NET Standard 2.0 run anywhere that .NET Standard 2.0 is supported.

There are several advantages to targeting .NET Core, and these advantages increase with each release. Some advantages of .NET Core over .NET Framework include:

* Cross-platform. Runs on macOS, Linux, and Windows.
* Improved performance
* Side-by-side versioning
* New APIs
* Open source

We're working hard to close the API gap from .NET Framework to .NET Core. The [Windows Compatibility Pack](/dotnet/core/porting/windows-compat-pack) made thousands of Windows-only APIs available in .NET Core. These APIs weren't available in .NET Core 1.x.

## Next steps

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