ASP.NET MVC vs ASP.NET Core: Practical Differences
ASP.NET Core has been around for a while, but not everyone is using the new framework yet. If you're someone who's migrating from ASP.NET MVC to ASP.NET Core, you might be wondering what the differences between the two frameworks are. In this post, I will share the main differences between the two, from the point of view of a developer who has worked with both. Here is an overview: Dependency injection is built-in. Controllers are unified. Client-side assets are centralized. And more - read below! Dependency injection is built-in Dependency injection is a popular pattern in object-oriented languages that helps make code maintainable. With ASP.NET MVC, developers had to make use of 3rd-party NuGet packages to enable dependency injection in their projects. In ASP.NET Core, dependency injection is baked into the framework. There is no need to use any NuGet package, although using 3rd party DI packages is still supported. Dependency injection is supported n...