Here is a description of all the new language features in C# 7.0, which came out last Tuesday as part of the Visual Studio 2017 release. C# 7.0 adds a number of new features and brings a focus on data consumption, code simplification and performance. Perhaps the biggest features are tuples, which make it easy to have multiple results, and pattern ...
Previous posts: Visual Studio 2017, .NET Core SDK 1.0, F# 4.1 Yesterday, we had a big product launch! Visual Studio 2017 is here, and with it come the releases of .NET Core SDK 1.0, and F# 4.1. Check out the posts for all the details: Get the bits now: On .NET In last week's episo...
We are pleased to announce updates to our ASP.NET tools, ASP.NET Core tools, Container tools, and frameworks that are shipping as part of the Visual Studio 2017 release today. We have made significant updates to the web development tools to make them easier for you to use and help make you more productive in your daily web development tasks. ASP....
Announcing F# 4.1 and the Visual F# Tools for Visual Studio 2017 Last year, we announced F# 4.1 via a Peek in F# 4.1. As a recap, we mentioned: We're tremendously excited to share updates in those areas. .NET Core and .NET Standard Support for F# 4.1 Corresponding with the release of Visual Studio 2017 is preview support for usi...
Today, we are releasing .NET Core Tools 1.0. It's an exciting day and an important milestone in the .NET Core journey. The tools are supported on Windows, macOS and Linux. You can use them at the command-line, with VS Code or as part of Visual Studio 2017. You can download the new .NET Core tools at .NET Core Downloads, for using .NET Core on the ...
Previous posts: On .NET In last week's episode, Kendra interviewed Eric Mellino to talk about his CrazyCore game and game engine: This week, Phillip Carter will be on the show to walk an F# beginner and experienced C# dev (me) through the Tour of F#. We'll stream live on Channel 9. We'll take questions on Gitter's dotnet/ho...
This is the next in a series of blog posts that will cover the topics discussed in the ASP.NET Community Standup. The community standup is a short video-based discussion with some of the leaders of the ASP.NET development teams covering the accomplishments of the team on the new ASP.NET Core framework over the previous week. Join Scott Hanselman, D...
Previous posts: .NET Foundation The .NET Foundation has a new Executive Director, Jon Galloway. Jon replaces Martin Woodward. On .NET In last week's episode, we're speaking with Beth Massi to celebrate .NET's 15th anniversary: This week, Eric Mellino will be on the show to demo CrazyCore, a game engine written on .NET Core. We'll strea...
Microservices are a hot architecture concept right now, and we hear a lot of interest in the architecture concepts. Many of the ideas and capabilities behind microservices are already possible with the WCF frameworks for client and server creation. There is one tenet about microservices that you can not do with WCF: run inside of a container. Un...
Just a word before I actually start this blog entry – I apologize for approving some of the comments so late – it appears that our blogs’ policy has changed and it would make some comments as pending without obvious reasons to me. Also as one of the ways to support the community I was thinking I could have a specific time on a regular cadence (cou...
