The version of .NET formerly called .NET Core is crawling closer to its November launch with .NET 5.0 Release Candidate 2 packing updates for key frameworks ASP.NET Core and Entity Framework Core, and a go-live licence.
Confronting the confusion of .NET Framework (Windows only) versus .NET Core (cross-platform), Microsoft is calling the upcoming release plain .NET and adding support for Windows Forms and Windows Presentation Foundation, though there is still plenty to be confused about as the GUI options still only run on Windows.
It appears that ASP.NET and Entity Framework are retaining the Core designation, for reasons best known to Microsoft's hard-pressed branding department.
RC2 is not the moment to introduce new features and Microsoft Principal Program Manager Richard Lander said the team wants reports of any "remaining critical ..
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