As the long-awaited .NET 5 debuts this fall, developers across the globe are raising their heads and eyebrows to check out what has been brewing in Microsoft’s pot the past few months.

As we all know, the highly-anticipated platform is the next big release in the .Net family, following the also highly-acclaimed .NET Core 3.0.

Going forward, there will be no more “Framework” or “Core” and the fifth large iteration of the platform will commence the transition from the Windows-only, aging, and proprietary framework to a cross-platform and open-source system.

The development world is eagerly awaiting the new platform because the hype has been huge around it for months. A lot of info has leaked since Microsoft initially disclosed some of the features of the new platform. As such, it was only natural for us to gather everything we can and create a comprehensive list of what the new and improved .NET platform has in store for us.

For now, it’s safe to say that a lot of great and handy features will debut together with the latest addition to the well-known .NET family, however, a few developers have already raised a few concerns regarding the older web apps that are using the older versions of .NET frameworks.

Then again, these issues can be fixed, and only with the introduction of .NET 5 can we see the full extent of the changes and shifts in trends it will evoke, and more specifically, provoke.