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The F# development home on GitHub is now dotnet/fsharp

May 20, 2019 May 20, 2019 05/20/19
Phillip Carter
TL;DR We've moved the F# GitHub repository from microsoft/visualfsharp to dotnet/fsharp, as specified in the corresponding RFC. F# has a somewhat strange history in its name and brand. If we roll back the clocks to the year 2015, F# sort of had two identities. One side of this was Visual F#, or "VisualFSharp"; a product within Visual ...

Introducing the new Microsoft.Data.SqlClient

May 8, 2019 May 8, 2019 05/8/19
Diego Vega
This post was written by Vicky Harp, Program Manager on SqlClient and SQL Server Tools. Those of you who have been following .NET development closely have very likely seen Scott Hunter's latest blog post, .NET Core is the Future of .NET. The change in focus of .NET Framework towards stability and new feature development moving to .NET Core ...

Introducing diagnostics improvements in .NET Core 3.0

May 8, 2019 May 8, 2019 05/8/19
Sourabh Shirhatti [MSFT]
In .NET Core 3.0, we are introducing a suite of tools that utilize new features in the .NET runtime that make it easier to diagnose and solve performance problems. These runtime features help you answer some common diagnostic questions you may have: Is my application healthy? Often times an application can slowly start ...

.NET Core is the Future of .NET 

May 6, 2019 May 6, 2019 05/6/19
Scott Hunter [MSFT]
We introduced .NET Core 1.0 on November 2014. The goal with .NET Core was to take the learning from our experience building, shipping and servicing .NET Framework over the previous 12 years and build a better product. Some examples of these improvements are side-by-side installations (you can install a new version and not worry about ...

Announcing .NET Core 3.0 Preview 5

May 6, 2019 May 6, 2019 05/6/19
Rich Lander [MSFT]
Today, we are announcing .NET Core 3.0 Preview 5. It includes a new Json serializer, support for publishing single file executables, an update to runtime roll-forward, and changes in the BCL. If you missed it, check out the improvements we released in .NET Core 3.0 Preview 4, from last month. Download .NET Core 3.0 Preview 5 right now on ...

Announcing .NET Core 3 Preview 4

April 18, 2019 Apr 18, 2019 04/18/19
Rich Lander [MSFT]
Today, we are announcing .NET Core 3.0 Preview 4. It includes a chart control for Windows Forms, HTTP/2 support, GC updates to use less memory, support for CPU limits with Docker, the addition of PowerShell in .NET Core SDK Docker container images, and other improvements. If you missed it, check out the improvements we released in .NET Core 3....