Visual Studio 2015 Web Application .NET Core vs .NET Framework
<p>In Visual Studio Enterprise 2015 (v14.0.25123.00 Update 2) when I go to:</p>

<p>Start > New Project</p>

<p>With Target Framework 4.5 or higher selected... </p>

<p>Under:</p>

<p>Installed
  |
  |--> Visual C#
        |
        |--> Web</p>

<p>I have three templates to choose from:</p>

<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/Pugag.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/Pugag.png" alt="VS2015 Template Options"></a></p>

<p>I'm confused about the difference between options #2 and #3 in the screenshot above...</p>

<p>Both say "ASP.NET Core Web Application" but one is labeled .NET Core while the other is labeled .NET Framework.</p>

<p>From what I've been able to gather, if I were developing an Web Application that were to be hosted on a linux or mac server and I wanted to access the .NET library, I would want use the .NET  version Core. And the other is if it's being hosted in a Windows environment with full .NET library available? Is that right?</p>

<p>If I view the templates associated with option #1 in the screenshot above, all icons are stamped with a little blue "4" next to them.</p>

<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/oas3P.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/oas3P.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

<p>This appears to be the old version of ASP.NET/MVC that will be phased out as ASP.NET Core Matures?</p>

<p>While the other two appear identically as such:</p>

<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/qse4y.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/qse4y.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

<p>I guess I'm just confused as to which one would be the "best" one to choose in my situation...</p>

<p>I'm looking to build a web application that utilizes ASP.NET MVC, MongoDB, AngularJS (for some specific directives that have been made available), and some 3rd party JS and CSS frameworks.</p>

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<h2>EDIT: Removing "Rant" and updating question after response from other users</h2>

<p>In most of the tutorials and other stackoverflow posts, I see people have "ASP.NET 5 Preview Templates" in their Visual Studio windows, but I don't have those. When I load a project using option #1, I don't have package.json, wwwroot folder, and other new features.</p>

<p>If I load option #2 or #3, the references don't seem to include the full .NET framework, instead, just the .NET Core stuff...</p>

<p>After reviewing other posts and checking my versions, everything appears to be up to date... Is there something else I'm missing?</p>

<p>Thank You</p>