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The week in .NET – 12/29/2015

December 29, 2015 Dec 29, 2015 12/29/15
Bertrand Le Roy
We have a short post this week, as many people are on vacation, including me. Unsurprisingly, no .NET user group has events for this week, so we'll skip the section this time. As always, this weekly post couldn't exist without community contributions, and I'd like to thank all those who sent links and tips. You can participate too. Did you ...

The week in .NET – 12/22/2015

December 22, 2015 Dec 22, 2015 12/22/15
Bertrand Le Roy
Last week, we had a great time with Miguel de Icaza on the first episode of our new live YouTube show On.NET. On future episodes of the show, we want to have guests who represent every facet of the .NET community. If there's somebody you'd like to see on the show, please let us know! We won't have a show this week or next week because of ...

The week in .NET – 12/15/2015

December 15, 2015 Dec 15, 2015 12/15/15
Bertrand Le Roy
We have some great content and news for you this week. I can't emphasize enough that this weekly post couldn't exist without community contributions, and I'd like to thank all those who sent links and tips. Keep them coming! In a way, this is an open source blog post series ;) The first piece of news I want to share is that the posts are ...

Support Ending for the .NET Framework 4, 4.5 and 4.5.1

December 9, 2015 Dec 9, 2015 12/9/15
Stacey Haffner [MSFT]
Updated (2017): See .NET Framework Releases to learn about newer releases. As previously announced, starting January 12, 2016 Microsoft will no longer provide security updates, technical support or hotfixes for .NET 4, 4.5, and 4.5.1 frameworks. All other framework versions, including 3.5, 4.5.2, 4.6 and 4.6.1, will be supported for the ...

The week in .NET – 12/08/2015

December 8, 2015 Dec 8, 2015 12/8/15
Bertrand Le Roy
Welcome to the second "The Week in .NET" post. It was great to see how well the first post was received. Thanks to all who sent messages of encouragement and contributions to this week's post. If you would like to participate too, if you wrote a great blog post, or just read one, if you want to show an amazing new contribution, if you've ...

The Week in .NET – 12/1/2015

December 1, 2015 Dec 1, 2015 12/1/15
Bertrand Le Roy
This is our first "The Week in .NET" post. Our objective in writing this is to provide more regular updates about what the team and core contributors have been working on, and to give a community heartbeat, in the form of a list of interesting links. Of course, if you wrote a great blog post, or just read one, if you want to show a great new ...

.NET Framework 4.6.1 is now available!

November 30, 2015 Nov 30, 2015 11/30/15
The .NET Fundamentals Team
Updated (2017): See .NET Framework Releases to learn about newer releases. Updated (1/2016): This post was updated to add information about reference source for .NET Framework 4.6.1. Today we are announcing the availability of  .NET Framework 4.6.1. You can download this release now. Here is a summary of key improvements ...

What’s New in Visual Studio Update 1 for .NET Managed Languages

November 30, 2015 Nov 30, 2015 11/30/15
.NET Team
(image) Hold on to your hats, cowboys and cowgirls! A lot of exciting things are coming out of the .NET Managed Languages team for Visual Studio 2015 Update 1. Read on to learn more about new IDE features, interactive C#, new code analysis management, Visual F# improvements, and the new F5 experience for Roslyn open source development. (...

Are you GLAD?

November 20, 2015 Nov 20, 2015 11/20/15
maoni
Holidays are almost upon us. Last year around Christmas time I wrote a set of GC ETW blog entries to help with diagnosing GC heap related issues. This year I want to discuss taking that a (big) step further and making an SDK that does the analysis for you using these ETW events - so before I leave for vacation I’d like to share with you ...