When is ASP.NET Core 1.0 (ASP.NET 5 / vNext) scheduled for release?

Question

I\'m trying to decide whether to start my new project on ASP.NET 5 or to stick with the current framework. Unfortunately, I can\'t seem to find a schedule for this project. Gith

Answer 1

Updated Answer:

ASP.NET Core 1.0 was released on June 27 2016.

Getting started with .NET Core

• If you use Visual Studio 2015 (Visual Studio Community is free!) you should get VS2015 Update 3 first then install the .NET Core Tools for Visual Studio.

• If you don't want to use VS, consider using Visual Studio Code for free and install the C# extension from the marketplace along with the .NET Core SDK for Windows. Of course, if you're on Mac/Linux/Whatever, go over to http://dot.net.

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Previous Answer: (Release Candidates)

Scott Hunter has blogged specific time-frames: for the release of ASP.NET Core

The Core Schedule

.NET Core and ASP.NET Core 1.0 RC2 runtime and libraries will be available in mid-May.

Tooling will be Preview 1 and bundled with this release.

.NET Core and ASP.NET Core 1.0 RTM (release) runtime and libraries will be available by the end of June.

Tooling will be Preview 2 and bundled with this release.

We will continue to make changes and stabilize the tooling until it RTMs with Visual Studio “15”.

Previous Answer:

ASP.NET Core 1.0 (previously called ASP.NET 5) roadmap is on github but the dates in this roadmap have been missed over the past couple of months by a margin so one can't really trust it. Considering this, it makes sense they have removed fixed dates from the roadmap.

According to the current roadmap RC2 release is TBD. Release 1.0 says 2016.

So the question should really be? When is TBD? When is later in 2016?

Luckily the number of open issues per release can be viewed on github.

Take note: ASP.NET Core release versions needs to integrate with other related /dependent teams releases e.g. Entity Framework team. Each release will only be released once those teams have the equivalent release version ready.

I post links to each of these technologies milestones in github. This should give the most accurate indication of a release date.

aspnet/Mvc (RC2 is 99% as on 19 April) aspnet/EntityFramework (RC2 is 98% as on 19 April) dotnet/cli (RC2 is 88 % as on 19 April) dotnet/coreclr (RC2 is 99 % as on 19 April) dotnet/corefx (RC2 is 100% as on 19 April)

Based off the above progress, RC2 due date is listed as 29 April 2016 when they will have a build ready for testing

It will probably be another X weeks of testing but at least it's an indication when it will be ready.

Progress is updated daily.

Release 1.0 RTM progress can also be viewed on these links.

RTM milestone date seems to be 30 June although not all of the links have milestone dates. Based on how the RC2 dates have slipped, this date will probably change as well as they progress.

The ASP.NET Community Standup videos should also give a good indication on progress of releases where one can get updates from the horse's mouth, usually on a weekly basis.