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Reworking the .NET Framework article ground-up

I have read the article over the years many times but now in 2016 I think it needs a big overhaul. Let me reason why:

  • The .NET Framework is no longer the same as .NET. It might be the dominant implementation, but not the 2016 way of seeing it. Therefore the forwarding of ".NET" to ".NET Framework" is not correct anymore. The German Wikipedia (https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/.NET) has already applied that change already. Also the forwarding of ".NET Core" is wrong.
  • While sharing most of the base technology (CLI, IL, ...), the described different ".NET" platforms have so many different characteristics and the ".NET Framework" is just one of them that the article is a bit disorganized now (e.g. licensing table was working as long as the article just targets the ".NET Framework" but now it mismatches the ".NET Core" as a sub-part of the ".NET Framework" which is completely incorrect  Done). This is true for many other paragraphs.
  • The concept of app models is missing.  Done
  • The upcoming .NET Core introduces a complete different OS integration and makes it really cross-platform.  Done
  • The library topics ".NET Standard Library"  Done, Portable Class Library (and their problems/evolvements)  Done, NuGet Package Manager  Done, and the "mscorlib" vs. "System.Runtime".
  • The Universal Windows App topics native compilation, CoreRT  Done runtime and Silverlight styled "Core" profile is missing.

Like said in the first point: I think the main problem is not the content but the fact that ".NET" should be an own article with the main architecture concepts with sub articles about ".NET Framework", ".NET Core", "Mono", ".Net Micro/Compact Framework", ... which further focus on the individual details.

I am eager to help but since I am not a native English speaker and Wiki Newbie I would need someone helping me a bit here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Oaiey (talk • contribs) 20:10, 15 April 2016 (UTC) [reply]

@Oaiey: Allow me to give you a friendly warning: Wikipedia veterans always assume a person who says "re-write this article from the ground up" to be an idiot. (Although, they are polite and they won't say it.) And in all the cases that I have witnessed, they were right. Essentially, you must really understand the meaning of "re-write this article from the ground up" and that what a big mistake it is.
Now as for the difference between ".NET" and ".NET Framework", I have seen one blog post on the Internet that proposed this position and that blog post was wrong. It was talking dumb because it assumed its audience were dumb and things should be dumbed down for them. In Wikipedia, we simplify thing but we don't dumb them down; doing that sacrifices the accuracy and NPOV. Fleet Command (talk) 11:24, 16 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@FleetCommand: A appreciate the warning and understand it. As a software engineer I know this sickness, just with code instead of articles. Since I do not know the common practices, I do not change the article but first ask here. File a "issue", discuss and then propose the change (that is how to do software development in the open source world I participate in ;)). So I propose we do what I would do with code: doing it step by step to achieve a better result on the way.
To the topic: Can you please reference this blog post. According to the program management at Microsoft and the actual source code it is fair to say that .NET Core is not a component of the .NET Framework and that they are completely different animals. See the graphics on Scott Hanselman's blog post http://www.hanselman.com/blog/ASPNET5IsDeadIntroducingASPNETCore10AndNETCore10.aspx (he is a Microsoft "Principle Program Manager" for .NET) and for example the documentation of the .NET Core team (written by the guys who do the .NET Framework and .NET Core) clearly separates them as different implementations of ".NET" http://dotnet.github.io/docs/concepts/editions-overview.html. Also the build talk of the .NET Program Managers (Scott Hunter and Scott Hanselman) at https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2016/B891 clearly separate them as two implementation on minutes 5:29, 6:10 and 12:10. This is not some individuals "position", this is the official position and technical facts. You can even inspect the different code bases on http://github.com/dotnet/corefx and https://github.com/Microsoft/referencesource. Wikipedia also has sub pages for the .NET Micro and Compact Frameworks which are also different animals.
Despite your correct warning to a newbie where I am completely with you, I stay with the position: This article group (.NET/.NET Framework/.NET Core) needs a major update. What do you think! --Oaiey (talk) 19:51, 16 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, Oaiey and welcome to English Wikipedia.
I recently did a recomposition of the .NET Core section: See revision 713868443. My concerns were more or less similar to yours. As such, I am in a state that don't know what more I can do for the article. But if you think the article needs more updates, you have two options:
  1. You can go ahead and update the live article with the changes that you have in mind, and engage with editors who may challenge your edits and provide feedback. But this can be overwhelming for newcomers who are not used to their changes being reverted wholesale. (See Wikipedia:Editing policy § Talking and editing.)
  2. You can fork the article in your own user space, say at User:Oaiey/.NET Framework where you can edit in peace. But you shouldn't allow your draft to lose sync with the main article, or else importing your changes can be challenging.
Be sure to provide sources for what you write; I can help you format your citations as long as you don't forget to put them between <ref>...</ref> tags.
As for the source that FC mentioned above, I think it is the one cited in the article:

To understand what .NET Core is, it’s helpful to understand .NET itself. Many people mean “.NET Framework” when they say “.NET,” but there’s more to it than that. .NET is an ECMA standard that has different implementations—.NET Framework, Mono, Unity and, now, .NET Core. This means that many of the experiences are shared between the .NET Framework and .NET Core. However, .NET Core is new, with some different principles in mind.

— Carter, Phillip; Knezevic, Zlatko (April 2016). ".NET Core - .NET Goes Cross-Platform with .NET Core". MSDN Magazine. Microsoft.
Unfortunately, Wikipedia cannot lean too much on this statement as long as the part that says 'Many people mean “.NET Framework” when they say “.NET,”' is true. (You can consult our due weight policy.) Still, I can provide much more constructive feedback when I know what you want to write.
Best regards,
Codename Lisa (talk) 12:52, 17 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I will do it step-by-step by introducing small changes. I have to warm up here. Thanks Codename Lisa for your welcoming words. I just started with the license table, so feel free to beat me ;) --Oaiey (talk) 15:50, 17 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Alright, first the terminology. As long as the majority of people take ".NET" to mean ".NET Framework", you must not use it in any other sense. The reason is simple: Because the majority of the reads only think of it as an inconsistency. Your message does not go through.
Second, does "Entity Framework Core" exist at this time? I have looked up www.dotnetfoundation.org/projects but I don't see it. If it is nothing more than a project announcement just yet, we don't speak about it in this article. Try Entity Framework article first.
Best regards,
Codename Lisa (talk) 16:41, 17 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Entity Framework Core exists. it is under http://github.com/aspnet/entityframework while the traditionally is somewhere at codeplex.
In regards of .NET vs. NET Framework ... I work on it .. not easy ;) we have to fix that issue one day for the article (the .NET -> .NET Framework forwarding already creates this problem)
--Oaiey (talk) 13:23, 23 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I see. It is the Entity Framework website. Looks like Microsoft is renaming the Entity Framework for consistency, right?
Best regards,
Codename Lisa (talk) 13:27, 23 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
They had problems with ASP.NET 4.6 and ASP.NET 5. People were epxecting more features and compatability. Therefore they renamed ASP.NET 5 to ASP.NET Core 1.0 and reset it to 1 (to make it clear). The same they did for the same reasons with Entity Framework (7->Core 1) and .NET Core (5->1) (http://www.hanselman.com/blog/ASPNET5IsDeadIntroducingASPNETCore10AndNETCore10.aspx). --Oaiey (talk) 13:38, 23 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Is EFCore the successor or an offshoot? ("Unknown so far" is a valid answer too.) If the former, the Entity Framework article needs to be renamed Entity Framework Core and EF stuff push into a history section. If the latter, we just need a new Entity Framework Core article, although I suspect the size rule is going to be a problem.
Best regards,
Codename Lisa (talk) 13:59, 23 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
An offshoot as far as I understand the term offshoot ;). Same concepts but new implementation. I am not an expert in that area. Offshoot also applies for ASP.NET Core. --Oaiey (talk) 18:39, 23 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
As I understand it, the long term plan is for the "offshoot" to eventually become the dominant flavor. In a way, the transition from .NET Framework 4.x to .NET Core 1.x is very similar (albeit with different goals) to the transition from .NET Framework 1.x to .NET Framework 2.x. --2602:306:C445:53F9:146:D776:AF8B:F57 (talk) 01:18, 7 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
So, successor then. FleetCommand (Speak your mind!) 14:07, 8 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

'Visual Studio 2015 Update 2' released Mar 30, 2016 should be added

https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/news/vs2015-update2-vs.aspx — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.63.122.98 (talk) 04:31, 14 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

.NET Core Modularity Description

That says: 

  ... modular, meaning that instead of assemblies, developers deal with NuGet packages ...

I am not d'accord with that description everything of that is wrong. Hence, both (dotnetcore and the old dotnetfx) build assemblies. Also, i can register my dotnetcore assemblies in the GAC and i can deploy my old dotnetfx assemblies via NuGet. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.11.33.246 (talk) 07:41, 4 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi.
It does not say ".NET Core has no assemblies". It just says developers deal with NuGet packages instead. NuGet packages group related assemblies together.
Best regards,
Codename Lisa (talk) 10:44, 4 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

.NET Framework 4.7?

Would .NET Framework 4.7 be listable as a preview version? According to the "Windows Features" dialog of Windows 10 Insider Preview build 15007, I have version 4.7 of .NET Framework 4.x, and perhaps it will ship with the "Windows 10 Creators Update" version. — Preceding unsigned comment added by BFeely (talk • contribs) 17:39, 26 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hi.
Our release history table doesn't list preview versions. Plus, we don't have information on any of its fields yet. At least not something that doesn't run afoul of WP:CRYSTAL.
Have patience. We're going to keep this information for 100 years. A couple of month waiting is nothing. Patience is one of the greatest virtues of an encyclopedia writer.
Best regards,
Codename Lisa (talk) 20:04, 26 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
It's now RTM: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/dotnet/2017/04/05/announcing-the-net-framework-4-7/ BFeely (talk) 15:12, 6 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Moving .NET Core into a Separate Article

With .NET Core appearing as 4th most commonly used software framework on the Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2018, would it be suitable to move it's content here to a separate article? Jtaylor100 (talk) 15:50, 10 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Singular/plural lack of consistency

".NET Framework includes a set of standard class libraries. The class library is organized in a hierarchy of namespaces. Most of the built-in application programming interfaces (APIs) are part of either System.* or Microsoft.* namespaces. These class libraries implement many common functions, such as file reading and writing, graphic rendering, database interaction, and XML document manipulation. The class libraries are available for all CLI compliant languages. The class library is divided into two parts (with no clear boundary): Base Class Library (BCL) and Framework Class Library (FCL)."

The text switches from singular to plural and vice-versa for no obvious reason. It makes the text hard to follow. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.91.223.158 (talk) 00:54, 20 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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