In this chapter, we've taken an introductory look at ASP.NET Core, the .NET Framework, and the various versions of Visual Studio. We also learned about the cross-platform nature of .NET Core, and provided a quick overview of how you can set up your development environment on various operating systems.
In the next chapter, we will learn about how you can build your very first ASP.NET Core web application in Visual Studio 2015 running on Windows 10. We will go through project templates and also dissect a basic web application to better understand its parts and its configuration.