.NET Core features

Here are some important features of .NET Core, that make .NET Core an important evolution step in software development:

• Cross-platform: Currently, .NET Core can be run on Windows, Linux, and macOS; in the future, there may be more. Refer to the roadmap (https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/master/roadmap.md) for more info.
• Having easy command-line tools: You can use command-line tools for exercise with .NET Core. Refer to CLI tools for more at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/articles/core/tools/index.
• Having compatibility: With the use of the .NET standard library, .NET Core is compatible with the .NET Frameworks, Xamarin and Mono.
• Open source: .NET Core platform is released under MIT License and is a .NET Foundation project (https://dotnetfoundation.org/).