.NET Framework vs .NET Core vs .NET vs .NET Standard vs C# 

I’ve probably googled this question a dozen times over the past couple years, and this is the first time I’ve understood it. Thank you, Tim.

"William" has just finished this video. I still can`t believe that my question was answered here..!! Very clear answer for me. I appreciate it, Tim! ❤

Man why I didn’t have a university professor like you. Spot on!

Tim, you were my go-to resource when I was stuck developing with WebForms and was trying to build modern skills. I'm glad you are still producing quality content. I hope it's going well for you.

Thanks for that great explanation! I speak English and Spanish and this is by far the best video in both languages that I’ve found on the web explaining the difference between all of the confusing concepts of .Net, I was so frustrated that I couldn’t found a video or document that explains all of that but you have done it in a easy and excellent way, thanks a lot!!!!!!!

Love this video and Tim's explanation. The way he explains it, his conversation pace makes it much, much easier for me to understand the topic.

Thank YOU!!! Being new to Developing this really helped answer a question I didn't even really know I had. Awesome explanation, can't wait to watch more of your stuff.

Tim I have been confused by this for so long. This was hands down one of the best explanations I have ever seen for such a complex topic. SALUTE!!!

Wow man what an explanation! This cleared out my many questions. You are really wonderful professor. Thank you Professor Tim!

Shared this to the team to clarify the need for migration. Thank you, my man!

I would have loved some graphics to accompany this discussion, but even without graphics the representation was easy to follow. Nice job. I've worked with Microsoft software/systems since the 80's and one thing I can say is you really need to understand the historical progression of its systems to really appropriately understand where thing are. This simple discussion of the progression and reasoning behind going from Framework to Core is an example of how drawing that historical background is truly helpful.

I've been scratching my head over this confusion for quite some time and this video finally put an end to that confusion. Thank you so much for this great explanation.

Thanks, Tim. That's a great summary. I wish to see more how-to video guides on migrating from ASP MVC (.NET Framework 4.8) to .NET 6 and migration from WPF (.NET Framework) to .NET 6

Thank you, Tim! (Your videos on RU-vid and classes at IAmTimCorey are great!)

Thank you so much for such a simple yet detailed explanation! This was so confusing before and now it is crystal clear.

Thanks man. I don't think anybody would care to break it down more concisely than how you did in this video. 25 mins. Well put out.

Fantastic explanation. Thank you!

Wondering why you haven’t mentioned the support libraries as well. I think this is what you meant when you used the term “abstraction layer”. Any language on a given platform requires all kinds of helpers to do things like open files, communicate via the network, print, and common tools like lists, stacks, numerical processing, etc. Framework required pre-installed libraries. These libraries tended to be monolithic (large and not very modular). Core modularized and packaged parts of the framework libraries allowing developers to pick and choose the parts of the “libraries” they needed for an application. This was necessary for a couple of reasons. One, cloud servers needed to be fast to spin up. Requiring that the entire set of framework libraries be present increased storage consumption and install time. Two, the framework had a bigger footprint because it was all one big thing and it would load and initialize things that the app may never use. So modularizing it and enabling the dev to specify only what was needed made application installation smaller and faster and it also made application startup smaller and faster. Framework = monolithic install. Core = modular packaging.

The best clear and concise explanation ever came up with. You rock Tim

Wow !!! This is spot on fantastic explanation. Now I have clear picture about my learning path ahead. Thanks a lot, Tim. And as always you are Tim Corey !!!

As always a clear explanation. It would be great if you could create a video about CIL, CLR, JIT. What they are, what they do and how they depend on each other. Thank you for your commitment.

Just this single video cleared all of my confusion in dot net... Thanks man!

The best video I have seen so far which explained these confusing terms in such an easy way. Thanks Tim :)

Thanks for this Tim. Great content. I updated my setting for your channel to notify on all videos.

Relativity Theory < Quantum Theory < Valsiliev equations < abc conjecture < dotNET Framework Naming and Versioning System

I just love this guy, unbelievably succinct!!

Thanks Tim for this clear and easy to understand video. All your videos are just amazing. Thank you very much.

this is probably the clearest explanation I have come across, and it was pretty damn useful, with all the naming convention etc.. Thanks

Tim, it will have been nice to use the display devices behind you to give us illustrations that will go with your explanation! I had to do my own illustrations while you explained.

Hello Tim, excellent explanation, thanks clears several confusion points for me. I do have a question - what do they mean say ".NET Core X has support for 3 years" does it mean they will fix any bugs identified in that version or they will only be backward compatible for 3 years back

Thanks for the clarification! Really appreciate the time and effort you spent in making this video

Amazing explanation! I've been googling this for days and only now I could nail it. Thanks a lot

Hey Tim, thank you for the explanation! What about ASP.NET and ASP.NET Core? Where and when did they come from?

.Net Core - Naming confusion not helped by many libraries for. Net Framework having base components in libraries named along the lines of MyLibrary.Core. Also MS screwed up big time with their Identity libraries. TBH, I still can't shake the incompatibility impression of the original .Net Core release. All this isn't helped by the muddled online documentation.

Thank you for a brilliant explanation! And yeah, these things confused me while studying SC and only now I have seamless understanding of what's going on there. Great video!

I cannot stress enough what a great video this is. I have been confused with .net for the longest tome

Why did Microsoft make this so damn confusing in the first place? They're terrible at communicating

To start with the obvious: .NET is a terrible name

This is the best explanation to the differences between all of these. Thanks a lot!

Thanks Tim, It was really a great way of explanation and makes me very very clear to remove the confusion on these terminologies.

Thank you for clearing that up. I was so confused about all of these naming conventions.

Detailed and clear as usual. Thanks so much for the explanation!

Best explation heard so far....Cleared most of the doubts... Appreciate it

What an Explanation of a Complex Eco-System into an Easy to Digest hierarchy. Thank you for being on RU-vid for Us

Thank you for great explanation I am a starting with c# and finally I can understand the difference between the different .net

I searched for so long for a clear explanation of the differences between .NET versions that it became frustrating. Thank you for making this video and clearly explaining everything.

That was an awesome overview of the past 20 years!

Your explanation was very easy to understand. thank you! とてもわかりやすかったです。ありがとう！

Thank you for this brilliant Explanation, It has cleared my doubt.

Great summary Tim ! 👍 One could have used a slide for the multiple layers and all but this worked also fine 👏

Very detailed yet simple explanation. Thanks TIm

Thank you Tim for the wonderful video...It was always confusing to get the difference between these three..Now it is more clear..

Well explained. Thank you TimCorey.

give this dude a medal, you explained it so well and it's so easily understandble. well done my freind.

Thanks so much for this video - really helped me get back up to speed with things!

Thank you for the history and easy explanation. Nothing is difficult, it's just how you are taught that makes it hard or difficult. You made it easy.

Cool, finally I have a clear vision what net standard is used for, thanks Tim!!!

thank you. After listening to the explanation, I was able to understand the changes in various .NET versions. And, it solved the confusion that comes from ignorance.

Finally, a clear explanation! Thank You, great video!

Very well done. Not everyone can breakdown things in a way that is easy to understand.

This was so clear! Great job Tim! Thanks

Great explanation Tim. Thanks for clarifying!

thanks Tim for a wonderful explanation. I am sure it couldn't be done any better.

Thanks Tim. Cleared the air quite a bit.

Great explanation, sir. I just found your channel thanks to this video. In fact, I just installed .net core on my Ubuntu dev box just to see how it works. Thanks, man!

This was such a great video, thank you so much for the content!

Thank you Tim. You're such a great teacher.

Nice. Your videos are always useful.

Tim, once again, a job well done! Thanks!

Perfect explanation video of .net history, it enlightened me a lot. Thanks a lot, Tim.

Great explanation, i have this question from months. Clarified thanks

Answered a LOT of questions and cleared things up. Thanks

Brilliant, crystal clear explanation, thank you. 👏

I was sick and tired researching to resolve this confusion. MS really messed up so bad. Nice video. Thanks.

Thank you professor Tim. The topic is really useful for me.

Thank you!! I have been puzzling with this for a couple of days

Essential video for someone just getting into the .NET world like me. Thank you a lot!!

Put very succinctly. Well done!

Thank you for the detailed and very clear explanation!

Good explanation thanks Corey

Very Well Explained Tim, I was confused about all these frameworks and their confusing names.

Great explanation Tim! Thanks

Very good and clear explanation. Thank you.

Thanks for the concise explanation. As a Java developer who hasn't kept up with .NET, I learned more from your video than I have Googling the topic in my spare time.

Thank you for the Awesome explanations.

Thanks for the clarity. I spent over an hour in MS docs and didn't get this level of understanding.

Great explanation! exactly what i was looking for

Perfect explanation, thanks!!

Well explained. I wish I knew all this many years ago. Thanks a lot!

Thankyou TIM for great explanation !! Best wishes from Nepal! ❤️

Thanks for this. It was very disappointing to get confused with all these things after working for many years in net framework. This helped a lot..

Great explanation, thanks!

That was a great explaination. Thanks dude.

Never understood this before I watch your video..Very very informative. Thank you.

Very well done sir, amazing explanation

You have provided me an extraordinary answer to my boss why I need to start over and rewrite all my .net frameworks applications in my previous 10+ years.

Very well explained Sir!! Thank You!!

Wonderful video. Thank you. Very helpful.

as new to C# and .NET ecosystem , this video clear things out. thank Tim.

Very well explained and with no need for diagrams!