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  • .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.

  • JetBrains Rider 2023.3 EAP 2 is out: Debugger Data Flow Analysis, All-in-One Diff Viewer and More

    JetBrains released Rider 2023.3 EAP 2. This Early Access Program for Rider contains such features as Debugger Data Flow Analysis, Quick Search feature and All-In-One Diff Viewer. The JetBrains Rider team also presented the Entity Framework Core user interface plugin and added some new inspections within Dynamic Program Analysis.

  • Visual Studio Code: C# Dev Kit Now Generally Available

    Microsoft recently made the C# Dev Kit generally available for everyone. Microsoft introduced the C# Dev Kit extension back in June this year, and it should make coding in C# easier on multiple platforms. As reported it brings an improved editor-first C# development experience to Linux, macOS, and Windows. The kit and the C# extension use open-source technology.

  • 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.

  • Rider 2023.2 with C# Updates, UX/UI Enhancements and AI Assistant

    Rider 2023.2 is now generally available. This version contains improvements to C# language support. They are related to code readability and improve the programming experience. Further, there are some UI/UX enhancements. JetBrains also presented AI Assistant, which for now has limited access.

  • .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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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).

  • 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.

  • .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.

  • 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.

  • Introduction of System.ServiceModel 6.0 for Calling WCF/CoreWCF

    The release of System.ServiceModel 6.0 provides client support for calling WCF/CoreWCF functions. These NuGet packages, collectively known as the WCF client, enable .NET platform applications to interact seamlessly with WCF or CoreWCF services.

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