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  • Visual Studio 17.9 Preview 1: Refreshed UI, Debugging, AI, Productivity and More

    Microsoft has released the first preview of Visual Studio version 17.9. Preview 1 brings a range of improvements and features aimed at enhancing developer productivity. Including some AI features like GitHub Copilot, IntelliSense support for Unreal Engine projects, memory management and debugging improvements and this preview version is packed with refreshed UI.

  • .NET Aspire: Cloud-Native App Development with Microsoft's Latest Project

    Microsoft released .NET 8 last week; one of the most notable news within the launch was .NET Aspire, the cloud-native development stack for building resilient, observable, and configurable cloud-native applications with the dotnet. .NET Aspire includes a curated set of components enhanced for cloud-native by including service discovery, telemetry, resilience, and health checks by default.

  • What's New in C# 12: Primary Constructors, Collection Expressions, and More

    As part of the .NET 8 launch, on November 14th Microsoft unveiled the new features of C# 12, the latest version of the popular .NET programming language. As announced the most notable improvements include collection expressions, primary constructors for all classes and structs, syntax to alias any type, and default parameters for lambda expressions.

  • Polly v8 .NET Resilience Library: Resilience Pipelines, Built-in Telemetry, and More

    Polly v8 is officially released. This version brings enhancements such as resilience pipelines, built-in telemetry support, and some changes within the configuration for individual resilience strategies.

  • .NET MAUI in .NET 8 RC2: Enhanced Performance, Fixed UI & Control Issues

    .NET MAUI has been integrated into the .NET 8 release candidate 2, bringing developers closer to the general availability of .NET 8. This release, supported by a go-live license, focuses on resolving regression issues. As reported, efforts have also been made to recover performance that was impacted during enhancements to features such as hot reload, visual state manager, bindings, and app themes.

  • ASP.NET Core .NET 8 RC 2: Blazor, Identity, SignalR and More

    The latest release of .NET 8 Release Candidate 2 brings a lot of additions and changes to ASP.NET Core. This release is planned to be the last one before the final version of .NET 8 is released. The most notable enhancements for this release of ASP.NET Core are related to the Blazor alongside the updates regarding the Identity, API Authoring, SignalR, and new SPA templates for CLI.

  • Visual Studio 2022 17.8 Preview 2: Productivity, C++ Enhancements, and Debugging Improvements

    Microsoft has released the second preview of Visual Studio 2022 version 17.8. Preview 2 brings a range of improvements and features aimed at enhancing developer productivity and code debugging as well as some additional C++ and Game Dev enhancements. The latest version is available for download, and developers have the opportunity to explore and utilise its advancements in the preview version.

  • .NET MAUI in .NET 8 RC 1: Quality Improvements and Xcode 15 Beta Support

    Microsoft has recently released the first Release Candidate version of the .NET Multi-platform App UI (MAUI) framework in the .NET 8 roadmap. As reported, this release candidate version is focused on code quality, various UI improvements, and performance optimizations and it comes with Xcode 15 beta support for Apple SDKs.

  • Uno Platform 4.10: MAUI Embedding, Hot Restart and Lightweight Styling

    This week, Uno Platform released version 4.10. Developers can now easily integrate .NET MAUI-specific controls from top 3rd-party vendors, extending this capability across iOS, Android, MacOS, and Windows. Additionally, Uno Platform enables iOS app debugging with Hot Restart Support, control customization through Lightweight Styling, and more security support with Browser CSP for WebAssembly.

  • .NET Upgrade Assistant: Project Features Upgrade and .NET MAUI Improvements

    Microsoft has announced an updated version of the .NET Upgrade Assistant in Visual Studio. The new release brings on a series of enhancements designed to simplify the migration process for .NET MAUI. Notably, developers can now also upgrade project features without needing to change the existing .NET version.

  • .NET MAUI in .NET 8 Preview 7 with Keyboard Accelerators, Fixes and Improvements

    .NET MAUI is now available in .NET 8 Preview 7. This version introduces keyboard accelerators and more bug fixes and enhancements. This is the final familiarisation release of .NET 8. With this announcement came further community concerns about the framework.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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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