Introducing C# Source Generators

Phillip Carter April 29, 2020 Apr 29, 2020 04/29/20

We're pleased to introduce the first preview of Source Generators, a new C# compiler feature that lets C# developers inspect user code and generate new C# source files that can be added to a compilation. This is done via a new kind of component that we're calling a Source Generator. To get started with Source Generators, you'll need to ...

Work flow of diagnosing memory performance issues – Part 2

maoni April 27, 2020 Apr 27, 2020 04/27/20

Work flow of diagnosing memory performance issues – Part 0 Work flow of diagnosing memory performance issues – Part 1 Work flow of diagnosing memory performance issues – Part 2 (this post) In this blog post I’ll talk a bit about how to spend time wisely and then continue with the analysis. Originally I was going to delve ...

Announcing .NET 5.0 Preview 3

Rich Lander [MSFT] April 23, 2020 Apr 23, 2020 04/23/20

Today, we're releasing .NET 5.0 Preview 3. It contains a set of new features and performance improvements. We're continuing to work on the bigger features that will define the 5.0 release. The .NET 5.0 Preview 1 post covers what we are planning on building for .NET 5.0. Please take a look at the post and the dotnet/designs repository and share...

Help us shape the future of deep learning in .NET

Brigit Murtaugh April 21, 2020 Apr 21, 2020 04/21/20

Deep learning is a subset of machine learning used for tasks such as image classification, object detection, and natural language processing. It uses algorithms known as neural networks to learn and make predictions on image, sound, or text data. Neural networks learn from experience, just like we do as humans. Similar to how we may try an ...

Using .NET Core to provide Power Query for Excel on Mac

Oded Hanson April 15, 2020 Apr 15, 2020 04/15/20

Power Query is a data connection technology that enables you to discover, connect, combine, and refine data sources to meet your analysis needs. Features in Power Query are available in Excel and Power BI Desktop. Power Query was developed for windows and is written in C# targeting .NET Framework. The Power Query product has been in ...

Work flow of diagnosing memory performance issues – Part 1

maoni April 12, 2020 Apr 12, 2020 04/12/20

Work flow of diagnosing memory performance issues – Part 0 Work flow of diagnosing memory performance issues – Part 1 (this post) Work flow of diagnosing memory performance issues – Part 2 In this blog post I’ll talk a bit about contributing to PerfView and then continue with the GCStats analysis. You can skip to the ...

Work flow of diagnosing memory performance issues – Part 0

maoni April 5, 2020 Apr 5, 2020 04/5/20

Work flow of diagnosing memory performance issues – Part 0 (this post) Work flow of diagnosing memory performance issues – Part 1 Work flow of diagnosing memory performance issues – Part 2 I wanted to describe what I do to diagnose memory perf issues, or rather the common part of various work flows of doing such diagnostics...

Regex Performance Improvements in .NET 5

Stephen Toub - MSFT April 2, 2020 Apr 2, 2020 04/2/20

For .NET 5, we’ve invested in some significant improvements to the Regex engine. On many of the expressions we’ve tried, these changes routinely result in throughput improvements of 3-6x, and in some cases, much more. In this post, I’ll walk through some of the myriad of changes that have gone into System.Text.RegularExpressions in .NET 5.