If you've read this far, then you will probably want some pointers for other things to research and read up on. For the rest of this chapter, we'll highlight some interesting topics that you may want to look into further but we couldn't cover fully in this book. You can also visit the author's website (at https://unop.uk/) for coverage of more topics.
One of the problems with the old ASP.NET is that it was really slow, which is why one of the main guiding principles of ASP.NET Core has been performance. Impressive progress has already been made, but there are plenty of more opportunities for further enhancements.
One of the most promising areas is the native tool chain, which has unfortunately been delayed. However, it should be shipped after .NET Core 2.0, and it is already in use for UWP apps on the Windows Store. This is different from the self-contained publishing and cross compilation already available in .NET Core, as it compiles to machine-native binaries...