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Happy 20th Anniversary, .NET!

Today marks 20 years since Visual Studio .NET launched and the first version of the .NET platform was released. We’re celebrating all month long on Twitter #dotNETLovesMe and we encourage you to tune into a special celebration broadcast, February 14, 9:00am Pacific Time on www.dot.net.


Announcing TypeScript 4.6 RC

Today we're excited to announce our Release Candidate (RC) of TypeScript 4.6! Between now and the stable release of TypeScript 4.6, we expect no further changes apart from critical bug fixes. To get started using the RC, you can get it through NuGet, or use npm with the following command: You can also get editor support by...


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In the works: HLSL Shader Model 6.7

It's that time again! Microsoft and its partners are excited to announce the ongoing development of the latest HLSL Shader Model, 6.7! Shader Model 6.7 expands texture, quad, and wave shader capabilities in response to requests from HLSL users. It is still a work in progress and not yet available in any release, but implementation and...