Cross-platform requirements

Clearly, when the application you are developing is to be run on multiple platforms, .NET Core should be used. .NET Core being cross-platform makes it suitable for developing services and web applications that can run on Windows, Linux, and macOS. Also, with the introduction of Visual Studio Code by Microsoft—an editor with full support for .NET Core that provides intellisense and debugging functionalities, as well as other IDE features that were traditionally available only in Visual Studio IDE.