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Project Types Differences

Overall

While base functionalities are identical for all versions of ASP.NET Zero, there are still some differences between different versions. In this document, we will highlight these differences.

ASP.NET Core v.s. ASP.NET MVC 5.x

Beginning from v4.1, we are more focused to ASP.NET Core based solutions (rather than ASP.NET MVC 5.x) since ASP.NET Core is Microsoft's new ASP.NET version. That means our new major features will be implemented for ASP.NET Core version (.NET Core & Full .Net Framework).

Angular v.s. Angularjs 1.x

Beginning from v4.1, we are more focused to Angular based solution (rather than Angularjs 1.x) since Angular is Google's new SPA framework. That means our new major features will be implemented for Angular framework.

Version Differences Table

The table below shows only the differences, not all features.

Feature ASP.NET Core & Angular ASP.NET Core & JQuery ASP.NET MVC 5.x & Angularjs ASP.NET MVC 5.x & JQuery
User Interface (theme) Metronic v6.x Metronic v6.x Metronic v4.6.x Metronic v4.6.x
ORM EF Core EF Core EF 6.x EF 6.x
Xamarin Application OK OK - -
Rapid Application Development Tool OK OK - -
Tenant Subscription Management & Paypal Integration OK OK - -
Host Statistics Dashboard OK OK - -
Identity Server Integration OK OK - -
Social Logins (Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft, Google+) OK (Facebook, Google) OK (all) OK (all) OK (all)
Two Factor Auth SMS, Email, Google Auth SMS, Email, Google Auth SMS, Email SMS, Email
Application Setup Screen OK OK - -
Code generation extension OK OK - -

See development guide documents for details of all features in different versions:

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