DNX - .NET Execution Environment and ASP.Net 5
The .NET Execution Environment (DNX) is a software
development kit (SDK) and runtime environment that has everything you need to
build and run .NET applications for Windows, Mac and Linux. It provides a host
process, CLR hosting logic and managed entry point discovery. DNX was built for
running cross-platform ASP.NET Web applications, but it can run other types of
.NET applications, too, such as cross-platform console apps.
ASP.NET 5 you gain the following foundational improvements:
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New light-weight and modular HTTP request pipeline
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Ability to host on IIS or self-host in your own process
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Built on .NET Core, which supports true side-by-side app
versioning
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Ships entirely as NuGet packages
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Integrated support for creating and using NuGet packages
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Single aligned web stack for Web UI and Web APIs
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Cloud-ready environment-based configuration
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Built-in support for dependency injection
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New tooling that simplifies modern Web development
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Build and run cross-platform ASP.NET apps on Windows, Mac and
Linux
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Open source and community focused
