EN VISUAL STUDIO NO ENCUENTRO .NET CORE *NECESITO EL DE CONSOLA Y EL FROM ,NO ME APARECEN*

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Hi Anderson Tarazona Saenz,

It seems there’s some confusion regarding the labels for .NET Core and .NET Framework Console applications in Visual Studio. Let me clarify this for you: 

1.For .NET Core: 

In Visual Studio, the Console App template for .NET Core is simply labeled as "Console App". 

The description beneath it indicates that it is for Windows, Linux, and macOS, meaning it is a cross-platform application built on .NET Core (or newer versions like .NET 5/6/7/8). 

2.For .NET Framework: 

The Console application template for .NET Framework is labeled as "Console App (.NET Framework)". 

The description specifies it is for Windows, as .NET Framework is designed to run exclusively on Windows. 

Why the difference in labeling? 

In the newer versions of .NET Core (now unified as .NET 5 and above), Microsoft streamlined the naming convention, so it no longer explicitly includes "Core" in the name. Instead, it is just called "Console App", but the cross-platform capability is indicated in the description. 

.NET Framework remains limited to Windows, which is why the label "(.NET Framework)" is included. 

I hope this clears up the confusion! Please feel free to reach out if you have any further questions. 

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