.NET Core 2 is great, most of the API is back, project references are seamless, and VS2017 is fast, lightweight and nice to use (even without resharper). A lot of 3rd party libraries are waiting on this too so there should be a lot more momentum this year.
It pretty much resembles the way .NET Framework also changed drastically from 1.0 to 2.0 which finally became the productive and trusted framework of today.
It's also really nice to be able to see all of this happening out in the open with the actual developers and leaders at Microsoft. They don't always make the right/best decision but at least they explain what they did and they're definitely taking feedback. It's very refreshing from the old .NET days where everything was opaque until the new release notes came out.
It pretty much resembles the way .NET Framework also changed drastically from 1.0 to 2.0 which finally became the productive and trusted framework of today.
It's also really nice to be able to see all of this happening out in the open with the actual developers and leaders at Microsoft. They don't always make the right/best decision but at least they explain what they did and they're definitely taking feedback. It's very refreshing from the old .NET days where everything was opaque until the new release notes came out.