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What is ASP.NET Core?

What is ASP.NET Core?

- [Narrator] It's time to change gears and turn our attention to our second project. This time, we're going to focus on SQL Server and a web server technology called ASP.NET Core. While PHP data objects, or PDO, does have support for connecting to SQL Server databases through specialized drivers and functions, it's more common that SQL Server databases are paired with other Microsoft technologies. ASP.NET Core is a web framework that takes a different approach to the development of web applications. It's open source and unlike the older ASP.NET that it replaces, Core is a full rewrite that brings cross-platform support, so it's a solid framework for building web apps no matter what operating system you work on. The ASP.NET Core framework takes a very modular approach to creating web apps. You can think of it as a write once, use everywhere philosophy. The three main components, models, views, and controllers, all hook…

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