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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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Microsoft Introduces Azure Deployment Stacks in Public Preview
Microsoft recently announced the public preview of deployment stacks in Azure, a new resource type for managing a collection of Azure resources as a single unit for faster update and delete (cleanup). In addition, it brings more granular capabilities for preventing unwanted changes to resources.
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Microsoft Introduces the Public Preview of Vector Search Feature in Azure Cognitive Search
At its annual Inspire conference, Microsoft recently announced the public preview of Vector search in Azure Cognitive Search, a capability for building applications powered by large language models. It is a new capability for indexing, storing, and retrieving vector embeddings from a search index.
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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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Microsoft Azure Cross-Region (Global) Load Balancer Now Generally Available
Microsoft recently announced the general availability (GA) of Azure cross-region (Global) Load Balancer in all Azure public and national cloud regions.
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Microsoft Dev Box Now Generally Available
Microsoft recently announced the general availability (GA) of Microsoft Dev Box, a service providing developers access to preconfigured and centrally managed dev boxes.
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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.
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AI Assistant Comes to ReSharper
JetBrains released an AI-powered version of ReSharper, its developer productivity extension for Microsoft Visual Studio. The new version, ReSharper 2023.2, is the first that will come with AI-powered development assistance.
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New AWS .NET Distributed Cache Provider for DynamoDB in Preview
Recently AWS announced the preview release of the AWS .NET Distributed Cache Provider for DynamoDB. This library enables Amazon DynamoDB to be used as the storage for ASP.NET Core’s distributed cache framework.
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.NET Community Toolkit 8.2.1: New Code Fixers, Diagnostics and QoL Improvements
Microsoft has published the latest version of its .NET Community Toolkit, version 8.2.1, with several new enhancements and features. According to the release, this new version brings quality-of-life improvements across all libraries, performance optimizations to the MVVM Toolkit source generators, new code fixers and improved diagnostics.
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Uno Platform Visual Studio Code Extension Introduces Mobile Debugging
Uno Platform, a framework for building native mobile, desktop, and WebAssembly apps with C# and XAML, released a new version of the Visual Studio Code extension. The new version adds support for building mobile applications as well as debugging them directly from Visual Studio Code.