Helper classes to set up and run as windows services directly on .net core. A ServiceBase alternative.  

There has never been a better time to be a .NET developer, you can now build Android, iOS, Linux, Mac, and Windows applications with .NET all in Open Source. In this session we will run through some of the new innovations including the .NET Framework updates, .NET Standard, Universal Windows Platform updates, .NET Core, managed languages and more. We will also review the updates to Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code to make you a better developer, come see some of the latest productivity features in these tools including managing code style, searching your source and more.
 

Announcing .NET Core 1.1 Preview 1 

.NET Core 1.1.0 Preview 1 and SDK 1.0.0 Preview2.1 are available for download and testing. 

once the non LTS is installed you end up with 16.10 which has installed some newer versions of required libraries, namely something called libicu which is now on 57 instead of a required 55. 

ServiceStack now available on .NET Core! 

However, it is clear that Microsoft’s future direction is in the Core space . Yes, the last update to the full .NET framework did include improvements for ASP.NET and WebForms, but clearly the future innovation and hard work will be in the new core frameworks like .NET core, ASP.NET Core, Entity Framework core, and whatever other cores come along in the future. 

With Microsoft embracing open source and cross-platform compatibility (not least because it helps to get more people using Azure ) you can be pretty confident that Core is here to stay. It’s likely that the question isn’t “ should you learn Core?” but rather “ when should you start learning Core?”.