{"id":12320,"date":"2024-03-14T15:35:23","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T15:35:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/what-is-asp-net-core\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T00:07:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T00:07:09","slug":"what-is-asp-net-core","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/what-is-asp-net-core\/","title":{"rendered":"ASP.NET Core Explained: Features &#038; Benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ASP.NET Core is an open-source, cross-platform web application framework used to build modern cloud-native applications. It is the next generation framework introduced by Microsoft and a major upgrade from ASP.NET.<\/p>\n<p>ASP.NET Core is known for its high performance, scalability, and lightweight nature. 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