Let’s look at the differences between ASP.Net Core vs ASP.Net MVC

By stating that ASP.NET MVC, we are referring to MVC 5 which is the latest version released by Microsoft.
 

Difference 1 – There exists Singly aligned web stack for ASP.NET Core MVC and Web APIs

ASP.NET MVC 5 will easily provide developers with the option of choosing MVC or Web API or both while creating a web application. This is because both the web stack for MVC 5 as well as Web API are different from each other.
ASP.NET Core MVC is now equipped with a single aligned web stack for both MVC as well as Web API.
 

Difference 2 – Project(Solution) Structure Changes

If as a developer, you see ASP.NET Core MVC solution explorer, there is no presence of Web.config, Global.asax. Then how does ASP.net Core deals with configuration settings, authentication and application start specific code execution.
appsettings.json, custom configuration files are some of the files which do the work of missing files from ASP.NET MVC 5.
 

Difference 3 – ASP.NET Core is able to target Full .NET and .NET Core

We at Nimap infotech, have been working on the full .NET framework, it is an amazing experience till now and will continue to be. Then what does the .NET core provide? .NET Core is nothing but a general purpose development platform maintained by Microsoft and the .NET community on GitHub. This platform is cross-platform supported, it also supports Windows, macOS, and Linux, and can be easily used in device, cloud, as well as embedded/IoT scenarios

Did we say cross-platform !! Yes, now we can develop ASP.NET Core web apps making use of the .NET core and run in either Windows or Linux or Mac.
Wait it’s not over yet, not only we can develop in Windows OS, but the development is also possible in Linux, Mac using Visual Studio Code or any other code editors like Vim, Atom, Sublime

Difference 4 – ASP.NET Core apps don’t require IIS for hosting

As .net developers, don’t get surprised, the major or main goal of ASP.NET Core is to provide cross-platform facility making use of the .NET Core. With this in mind, Microsoft decided to host ASP.NET Core applications not only on IIS but they can be self-hosted or use the Nginx web server on Linux. Kestrel will prove to be an internal web server for request processing and handling.
 

Difference 5 – wwwroot folder for static files

The wwwroot folder that is provided, represents the actual root of the web app when running on a web server. Static files such as config.json,  are not present in wwwroot and it will never be accessible. There is no need to create special rules to block access to sensitive files.
These static files might be plain HTML, Javascript, CSS, images, library etc.

In addition to the provided security benefits, the wwwroot folder is also able to simplify common tasks like bundling and minification.
 

Difference 6 – New approach to Server side as well as client side dependency management of packages.

Any .NET developer or programmer would be familiar that References folder holds and keeps all DLLs, and NuGet packages for particular .NET Framework. As developers, you can leverage the experience of working in the Visual Studio IDE. You will be able to deploy ASP.NET Core applications either on Windows, Linux or Mac using .NET Core.

Client-side dependency management is more important as well as crucial because the client-side has more different packages from the server side.

Client-side will surely have manage and have jQuery, Bootstrap, grunt, any Javascript frameworks such as AngularJS, Backbone etc, images, style files. Client-side package management in open source community has two names “LibMan” (newly launched) as well as “NPM”. They are part of the  “Dependencies” that are available.

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Difference 7 – Server-side packages save space in ASP.NET Core

Developers have made use of NuGet package manager in order to add a reference to assemblies, library, frameworks or any third-party packages.
There are 30 sample ASP.NET applications present, all of them use NuGet packages to reference dependencies each costly approx 70 MB disk space, so developers end up nearly using 2GB disk space for storing packages even though they all are same. There are some SMART developers who know this issue, they have some workaround of their own.

ASP.NET Core has been designed to make use of storing all the packages related to its development in Users folder and while creating ASP.NET Core applications, Visual Studio will reference them from Users folder.
 

Difference 8 – Inbuilt Dependency Injection (DI) support for ASP.NET Core

Dependency Injection (DI) is able to be implemented and it achieves loosely coupled more testable code, it’s very important because it helps with writing unit testing. In ASP.NET MVC 5/4 or classic ASPX based applications, developers used to have separate DI containers such as Unity, AutoFac, StructureMap and more.
We had to build up our project in order to use DI, it was an additional effort.

Now, this has changed in ASP.NET Core applications. Dependency injection is inbuilt and integrated into the core. That is there is no setup headache for DI.  You just need to create some services and get ready to use DI.

Its main purpose of DI is the configuration of services such as EF, Authentication, adding MVC as well as handwritten custom services like IEmailServer and ISmsSender.
 

Difference 9 – User Secrets of ASP.NET Core

Many times, as developers we keep sensitive data during our development work inside a project tree. We often mistakenly share these secrets with others through sharing of code, accidentally adding it to TFS (source control).

Once in a while, as developers we might have experienced this. ASP.NET Core based applications have now provided us with the concept of User Secrets; The Secret Manager tool provides a more general mechanism in order to store the sensitive data for development work outside of your project tree.

There are many other differences compared to ASP.NET MVC 5/4. But without writing single of code if we can find these differences then it means Microsoft has moved much ahead in terms of making ASP.NET Open Source.

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Conclusion:

We have listed down all the similarities and differences of ASP.Net Core vs ASP.Net MVC. If you liked this article then do check out our other topics as well. If you are looking to hire ASP.net developers then contact us at enquiry@nimapinfotech.com with your requirements. We have talented and experienced developers looking to onboard your project with a full customer satisfaction guarantee.

Overview- Django vs Spring

Every once in a while a technology comes that changes the playground. Firstly, Developers benefit from the emergence of these technologies as it helps in programming and designing.  In the world of web technologies, there have been constant improvements that help designers and developers. Secondly, These improvements help developers create awesome applications and websites. Particularly, there has been an explosion where there are different technologies. In short, these can be mixed and matched to create the desired applications.

In this article, we are going to have a look at two of the web technologies that help to create these applications. These are Django and Spring.

Features Comparison

Django as well as spring can be primarily classified as Full Stack framework tools.

“Django is the web framework that adheres to deadlines.” These are the statements from an experienced Django developer. The Django framework is a python based framework that provides developers with clean and pragmatic design. Django is a more mature framework than Spring. When the developers consider Django as their primary development technology, they are able to get rapid action development, Great community, as well as open source features.

Let’s discuss somethings about Spring:

In our comparison of Django VS Spring, we have come up with the following points.

Spring is a Java-based programming and configuration model framework.  This framework is used for  Java based enterprise applications. One of the prima-facie elements of Spring is that it provides infrastructural support at the application level. Spring provides a focus on the plumbing of enterprise applications. When Spring is used teams are able to focus on application business logic. The development team does not have unnecessary dependencies on specific development environments. When the developers consider spring then they can gain Open source features, Great community support as well as Java features. Spring is a strongly typed language. Spring does not have powerful and thorough documentation as offered by Django.

Django as well as spring are both open-source tools frameworks that helps developers build excellent applications. These applications can both be web-based as well as standalone. Django being a more mature language has more Github stars and forks compared to spring. Companies prefer Django more than Spring. This is evident as Django has been featured in 979 stacks and 882 developer stacks as quoted by StackShare. Django is not a strongly-typed, or it is a loosely typed language.

Let’s have a detailed comparison of these two technologies: Django vs Spring.

Side by side Detailed comparison. Django vs Spring

Conclusion:

In conclusion, each language has its own sets of pros and cons. Particularly, We have listed to you the various differences as well as the similarities of each language. It comes down to personal preference which language does developers want to use. It comes down to the features that developers want their applications to have. If you liked this Django vs Spring article and want to hire Django developers or hire spring developers then do contact us at enquiry@nimapinfotech.com with your requirements. We have talented and experienced developers ready to onboard your project with full customer satisfaction guarantee.