Microsoft releases ASP.NET 5 version roadmap

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The ASP.NET versions released with Visual Studio 2015 this time are ASP.NET 4.6 and ASP.NET 5 beta 5. At the same time as VS2015 was released, Microsoft also released the ASP.NET 5 roadmap (see ASP.NET 5 Schedule and Roadmap for details):

On July 27, 2015, ASP.NET 5 beta6 was released.
On August 24, 2015, ASP.NET 5 beta7 was released.
On September 21, 2015, ASP.NET 5 beta8 was released.
In November 2015, ASP.NET 5 RC1 was released.
In the first quarter of 2016, the official version of ASP.NET 5 1.0.0 was released.

ASP.NET RC1, released in November, will support .NET cross-platform in production environments.

Beta6 - Localization, Servicing, .NET 4.6 support, and more

Implemented multi-language support. dnx supports .NET Framework 4.6. Implemented response buffering and caching based on http.sys on Windows. Added distributed cache support.

Beta7 - Cross-platform

The focus is on achieving cross-platform development based on .NET Core, providing dnx based on .NET Core for Mac and Linux platforms, achieving a complete .NET cross-platform development workflow, and developing some application cases based on cross-platform .NET.

Beta8 - Feature complete!

Complete the development of all ASP.NET 5 features. Complete cross-platform .NET Core. Let Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code better support ASP.NET 5 application development based on .NET Core.

RC1 - Stabilization

Improve performance and reliability in response to user feedback.