.NET Blog

Free. Cross-platform. Open source. A developer platform for building all your apps.

April 2018 - Page 2 of 2 - .NET Blog

ASP.NET Core 2.1.0-preview2: Improvements to the Kestrel HTTP server

April 12, 2018 Apr 12, 2018 04/12/18
Sourabh Shirhatti [MSFT]
Change default transport to Sockets Building off the improvements to the managed sockets implementation in .NET Core we have changed the default transport in Kestrel from libuv to sockets. As a consequence, the  package is no longer part of the  metapackage. How to switch back to libuv To continue using libuv as your transport, you will...

ASP.NET Core 2.1.0-preview2 now available

April 12, 2018 Apr 12, 2018 04/12/18
Damian Edwards
Today we're very happy to announce that the second preview of the next minor release of ASP.NET Core and .NET Core is now available for you to try out. This second preview includes many refinements based on feedback we received from the first preview we released back in February. You can read about .NET Core 2.1.0-preview2 over on their ...

Announcing Entity Framework Core 2.1 Preview 2

April 11, 2018 Apr 11, 2018 04/11/18
Diego Vega
Today we’re releasing the second preview of EF Core 2.1, alongside .NET Core 2.1 Preview 2 and ASP.NET Core 2.1 Preview 2. Thank you so much to everyone who has tried our early builds and has helped shape this release with their feedback and code contributions! The new preview bits are now available in NuGet as individual packages, ...

Announcing .NET Core 2.1 Preview 2

April 11, 2018 Apr 11, 2018 04/11/18
Rich Lander [MSFT]
Today, we are announcing .NET Core 2.1 Preview 2. The release is now ready for broad testing, as we get closer to a final build within the next two to three months. We'd appreciate any feedback that you have. ASP.NET Core 2.1 Preview 2 and Entity Framework 2.1 Preview 2 are also releasing today. You can download and get started with .NET...

Explore Azure Cosmos DB with .NET Core and MongoDB

April 9, 2018 Apr 9, 2018 04/9/18
Jeremy Likness
Have you had to design general purpose "metadata" tables in your SQL database that basically store column names and values? Do you often serialize/de-serialize XML or JSON from your SQL tables to handle volatile schemas and data? .NET developers have traditionally worked with relational database management systems (RDMS) like SQL Server. RDMS ...

.NET Framework December 5, 2018 Cumulative Update for Windows 10 version 1809 and Windows Server 2019

April 5, 2018 Apr 5, 2018 04/5/18
Tara Overfield
Today, we are releasing the December 5, 2018 .NET Framework Cumulative Update for Windows 10 version 1809 and Windows Server 2019. For more information about the new Cumulative Updates for .NET Framework for Windows 10 version 1809 and Windows Server 2019 please refer to this recent announcement. Quality and Reliability This release ...