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.NET Aspire 8.2: Components Renamed to Integrations, Enhanced Testing, and More Improvements
.NET Aspire 8.2 has been officially released, bringing enhancements focused on onboarding, testing, and overall quality-of-life improvements. A significant change in this version is the renaming of Components to Integrations. The term "Integrations" now means packages that assist with the setup, initialization, and interaction with major cloud services and platforms.
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.NET MAUI 9 Preview 7: Introduction of HybridWebView and Other Improvements
Microsoft released the .NET 9 Preview 7 version which includes significant updates to .NET MAUI, such as the introduction of HybridWebView and the deprecation of the MainPage. It also introduces new lifecycle methods for managing remote notifications on iOS and also enhancements to Native Embedding capabilities and more.
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.NET Community Toolkit 8.3 Released with .NET 8 and NativeAOT Support
The .NET Foundation announced the release of the .NET Community Toolkit 8.3, bringing key updates including full support for .NET 8 and NativeAOT. This release enhances performance, contains some bug fixes, and provides new features aimed at improving the developer experience.
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Microsoft Releases Prompty: New VS Code Extension for Integrating LLMs into .NET Development
Microsoft has released a new Visual Studio Code extension called Prompty, designed to integrate Large Language Models (LLMs) like GPT-4o directly into .NET development workflows. This free tool aims to simplify the process of adding AI-driven capabilities to applications. The official release post includes a practical example demonstrating how Prompty can be used in real-world scenarios.
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SharePoint Framework 1.20 Improves Viva Connections Components
Microsoft recently released a preview version 1.20 of SharePoint Framework with several updates for Viva Connections cards, four months after the last minor version 1.19. The public release is expected for September 2024.
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Microsoft Releases .NET 9 Preview 7 with New Features and Updates
Last week, Microsoft unveiled the seventh preview of the .NET 9 framework, introducing a range of updates across its components, including .NET Runtime, SDK, libraries, C#, and frameworks like ASP.NET Core and .NET MAUI.
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.NET Aspire 8.1: Enhanced Container Image Building and Python Orchestrating Support
Microsoft released the .NET Aspire 8.1 version at the end of July. The latest version introduces a series of enhancements and new features aimed at improving the experience of developers using the platform in production environments. The most notable addition in this release is support for building container images and the capability to orchestrate Python code.
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Support for Microsoft .NET 6 Ends in November 2024
The long-term-support (LTS) version 6 of Microsoft .NET Framework is slated to go out of support on November 12, 2022. Microsoft recommends upgrading .NET 6 applications to .NET 8 to stay supported for the future.
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Avalonia 11.1 Release: Major Enhancements in Performance, UI/UX, and Cross-Platform Support
At the end of July, Avalonia 11.1 was released. It is labeled as a point release, but as stated in the official release post, the volume of improvements suggests a major upgrade for developers. The project changes are related to Performance Optimizations, UI and UX Improvements, Developer Productivity, Graphics and Animation Enhancements, and more.
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Microsoft Releases .NET 9 Preview 6
Last week Microsoft released the sixth preview of .NET 9 framework, introducing several updates across the .NET Runtime, SDK, libraries, C#, and frameworks such as ASP.NET Core, Blazor, and .NET MAUI. As stated, the release aims to enhance performance, improve developer experience, and expand functionality.
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OpenSilver 3.0 Releases WYSIWYG UI Designer with AI Support
The latest version of OpenSilver 3.0, a remake of Microsoft's retired Silverlight web application framework, introduces a new drag-and-drop user interface designer with AI code generation. It also brings OpenSilver to VS Code and non-Windows platforms.
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Microsoft Releases .NET 9 Preview 5
Last month, Microsoft released the fifth preview of .NET 9. This preview brings performance improvements and features such as enhanced AI capabilities, prioritized unbounded channel, substring searching with SearchValues, and more flexible active linking in OpenTelemetry.
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.NET 9 MAUI Preview 5: New Blazor Project Template, Android 15 Beta 2 Support
Microsoft released .NET 9 Preview 5 on June 11th 2024. This update brings a .NET MAUI Blazor Hybrid and Web App project template, Android API 35 Beta 2 support, and some performance and app size optimizations on the Android platform.
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.NET Upgrade Assistant Introduces Third-Party API and Package Map Support
.NET Upgrade Assistant tool received an update introducing Third-Party API and Package Map Support. This should help developers simplify the upgrade process by identifying and replacing outdated third-party APIs and packages with their updated versions. Microsoft states that the new feature aims to ease transitions between platforms, such as from UWP to WinUI or from Xamarin Forms to .NET MAUI.
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Microsoft Releases Visual Studio 17.10.2
Last month, Microsoft released an update for Visual Studio 2022 version 17.10 for Windows. The new release contains multiple performance enhancements, such as quicker loading for Windows Forms designer and .NET solution, and reduced DLL overhead in specific scenarios. The second preview of the next Visual Studio 2022 (version 17.11) was also released, focusing on quality-of-life enhancements.