The fundamental class libraries for the.NET platform are described in the standard known as.NET Standard. It functions as a kind of agreement between the runtime and the library, outlining which APIs must be accessible for the library to be deemed.NET Standard compliant. The.NET Foundation, a nonprofit that promotes the.NET open-source community, is responsible for maintaining the.NET Standard definition.
With the help of the.NET Standard, programmers may create code that can be used with the.NET Framework,.NET Core, Xamarin, and other.NET platforms. Developers that create programmes with the.NET Standard in mind may make it work on any.NET platform that supports it. In addition to making it simpler for developers to construct cross-platform apps, this promotes uniformity and compatibility throughout the.NET ecosystem.
Each version of.NET Standard specifies a set of APIs that must be accessible on all platforms that implement that version. Version 2.1 of the.NET Standard is the most recent version and was made available in 2019. Every iteration of the.NET Standard is backwards-compatible, so if an application targets an older version, it will function on a platform that supports a later version.
The.NET Standard’s ability to lessen fragmentation inside the.NET ecosystem is one of its main advantages. Developers who wished to support all of the.NET platforms had to create platform-specific code before.NET Standard. The result was fragmentation and uneven APIs across the various.NET platforms, which made it challenging to develop cross-platform apps.
Developers may target the.NET Standard using.NET Standard and create code once with the assurance that it will execute on any platform that implements the standard. This facilitates cross-platform application development and promotes uniformity and compatibility throughout the.NET ecosystem.
