.NET Blog

WPF File Dialog Improvements in .NET 8

September 8, 2023 Sep 8, 2023 09/8/23

Dipesh Kumar

Announing OpenFolderDialog control and other file dialog properties in WPF in .NET 8.

Announcing the New Foundational C# Certification with freeCodeCamp

August 28, 2023 Aug 28, 2023 08/28/23

Katie Savage

The Foundational C# Certification with freeCodeCamp is now available! The certification is free, globally available, and includes a full training course.

New C# 12 preview features

July 11, 2023 Jul 11, 2023 07/11/23

Kathleen Dollard

.NET 8 Preview 6 adds three new features for C# 12: interceptors, inline arrays, and enhancements to the nameof expression.

Announcing .NET 8 Preview 6

July 11, 2023 Jul 11, 2023 07/11/23

Justin Yoo

We're thrilled to announce .NET 8 Preview 6 which is packed with plenty of library updates, a new WASM mode, more source generators, constant performance improvements, and NativeAOT support on iOS.

Improved Source Generators and Code Fixers Arrive in .NET Community Toolkit 8.2.1!

July 6, 2023 Jul 6, 2023 07/6/23

Sergio Pedri

We're happy to announce the official launch of the .NET Community Toolkit 8.2.1 release, featuring lots of QoL improvements, bug fixes and optimizations to the source generators, new code fixers, and more!

Microsoft Forms Service’s Journey to .NET 6

June 20, 2023 Jun 20, 2023 06/20/23

Ray Yao

Microsoft Forms is an Office product with 130M monthly active users, recently we migrated our services to .NET 6, and we have seen 100%-200% increase in CPU efficiency.

Announcing .NET 8 Preview 5

June 13, 2023 Jun 13, 2023 06/13/23

Jiachen Jiang

We're thrilled to announce .NET 8 Preview 5, featuring enhanced Metrics APIs, SourceLink integration, default Dynamic PGO, and Alpine ASP.NET Docker Composite Images.

HackTogether: the Microsoft Teams Global Hack – Keynote Recap and What’s Coming

June 6, 2023 Jun 6, 2023 06/6/23

Ayca Bas

Last week we launched HackTogether the Microsoft Teams Global Hack – a virtual hackathon all about building apps for Microsoft Teams. Here’s what happened last week and what’s still to come.

Transform your business with smart .NET apps powered by Azure and ChatGPT

May 23, 2023 May 23, 2023 05/23/23

Luis Quintanilla

Learn how you can build intelligent apps and unleash the full potential of AI in your .NET applications using ChatGPT.

Announcing .NET 8 Preview 4

May 16, 2023 May 16, 2023 05/16/23

Jon Douglas

.NET 8 Preview 4 contains many exciting new features for the runtime and libraries, Native AOT improvements, modern build output and simplified paths, NuGet package security auditing, and much more!