Shared Framework vs. Self Contained Apps

Purpose:

• This tests whether a developer has had exposure to .NET Core and has kept abreast with the latest developments.
• It is also an indicator of whether the developer has any containerization experience.

Potential Answer:

Containerization has largely driven the entire need for .NET Core. AS such there are two models that are supported by the framework. The shared framework model is when mutliple apps on the same machine share the same installation of the framework that by default resides at 'c:\Program Files\dotnet'. Alternatively your app can be self contained with its own copy of the .NET core framework.