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NuGet 6.7 Announced with Enhanced Security Features
The NuGet team announced NuGet 6.7, an update that introduces a set of advanced security features. These enhancements span from updated package source mapping to the integration of vulnerability APIs, updated package version dropdowns, and the addition of warning messages to tackle trust chain issues.
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Visual Studio 2022 17.7 with .NET and C++ Development Features, Performance Improvements, and More
Visual Studio 2022 17.7 is now generally available. It brings plenty of features and improvements to create a high-level developer experience, based on community feedback. There are new features within .NET and C++ development as well as these ones that improve overall performance. The latest version is available for download.
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ASP.NET Core in .NET 8 Preview 7: Blazor, Native AOT, Antiforgery and More
The latest release of .NET 8 Preview 7 brings significant additions and changes to ASP.NET Core. The most notable enhancements for this release of ASP.NET Core are related to the Blazor alongside the updates regarding the Native AOT, Identity, new SPA Visual Studio templates, Antiforgery middleware additions and many more.
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Oracle Data Provider for .Net: Asynchronous Programming, OpenTelemetry, and More
Oracle prereleased a new version of Oracle Data Provider for .NET (ODP.NET), its ADO.NET data access library for the Oracle database. The new version, 23c, is available as a Developer Release, which means it is still not ready for production use. However, it already brings two of the most highly community-requested features: asynchronous programming and support to OpenTelemetry.
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ReSharper 2023.2: New Features, AI Assistant, and Predictive Debugger Mode
Beginning this month, the JetBrains team announced the release of ReSharper version 2023.2, bringing significant new features for C# and C++ programming languages, performance improvements, alongside productivity tools related to unit testing, assembly difference analysis, AI Assistant and predictive debugger mode.
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Unity Extension for Visual Studio Code: Preview Release
Microsoft released the initial preview of its Unity extension for Visual Studio Code. Extension builds upon the existing C# Dev Kit and C# extensions, providing developers with a toolkit for Unity development across Windows, macOS, and Linux. The integration aims to simplify the coding and debugging experience for Unity developers, regardless of the platform while using Visual Studio Code.
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Avalonia Reaches v11 GA Release
Beginning this month, the Avalonia team announced the release of version 11.0 of their framework, bringing significant changes and new features. These changes include features like automated testing capabilities, improved accessibility support, the introduction of Input Method Editor (IME) support for text input, and advanced text rendering and layout options.
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New C# 12 Preview Features Available
Earlier this month, together with Visual Studio 17.7 Preview 3, Microsoft released new preview features for C# 12. The new language version will be the default for .NET 8, expected to be released later this year. The latest available features for C# 12 are inline arrays and interceptors (preview only).
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F# Extends its String Interpolation Syntax to Reduce Escaping
F# has introduced a new syntax feature in preview to make it easier to work with interpolated strings. The main advantage of the new syntax is it allows to customize how many curly braces delimit an interpolated expression, thus reducing the need for escaping special characters.
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Microsoft Releases .NET 8 Preview 6
Earlier this month, Microsoft released the sixth preview of .NET 8. The new version of the framework, expected to be released later this year, will be a Long Term Support (LTS) release. This preview brings performance improvements and features such as a new WASM mode, more source generators, library updates, and NativeAOT support on iOS.
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Introduction of Auth0 Templates for .NET
Auth0 Templates for .NET offers pre-built project templates with integrated Auth0 support for authentication and authorization. The development process is simplified, enabling the creation of Auth0-integrated .NET projects through familiar approaches from built-in templates. The project is open-source.
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.NET Lambda Annotations Framework Now Generally Available
.NET Lambda Annotations Framework is now generally available. It simplifies AWS Lambda development for .NET developers using custom attributes and source generators, allowing easy translation into standard Lambda programming during compilation. Moreover, it supports Dependency Injection and CloudFormation integration, improving Lambda function creation and deployment in AWS.
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.NET MAUI 8 Preview 6: Visual Studio Code Extension, Bug Fixes & Native AOT for iOS
Microsoft has recently released the sixth preview of the .NET Multi-platform App UI (MAUI) framework in .NET 8 roadmap. As reported, this latest release resolves a number of high-impact issues, including Visual Studio for Mac 17.6.1 support, Native AOT for iOS and the new Visual Studio Code extension for .NET MAUI development.
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Visual Studio 2022 17.7 Preview 3 with Productivity Updates
Microsoft has released the third preview of Visual Studio 2022 version 17.7. Preview 3 brings a range of improvements and features aimed at enhancing developer productivity and helping maintain clean code. Preview 3 is focused on a new tool called # includes cleanup for C++ developers. The latest version is already available for download.
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ASP.NET Core in .NET 8 Preview 6: Blazor Updates and More
The latest release of .NET 8 Preview 6 brings significant additions and changes to ASP.NET Core. The most notable enhancements for this release of ASP.NET Core are related to the Blazor alongside the updates regarding the debugging experience, testing metrics, API authoring, servers, middleware and many more.