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Improvements in native code interop in .NET 5.0
In this post, we discuss interop improvements in .NET 5.0 and describe some of the work we are considering for the future. We also have a survey on GitHub, where we hope to hear about your experiences in the interop space.
App Trimming in .NET 5
Trimming is an option as part of publishing self contained apps in .NET Core. This post goes into more detail about the trimming options in .NET 5 including type and member level trimming.
Introducing the Half type!
The specification defines many floating point types, including: , , and . Most developers are familiar with (equivalent to in C#) and (equivalent to in C#). They provide a standard format to represent a wide range of values with a precision acceptable for many applications. .NET has always had and and with .NET 5 Preview 7, we've added a new type (equivalent to )! A is a binary floating-point number that occupies 16 bits. With half the number of bits as float, a number can represent values in the range ±65504. More formally, the type is defined as a base-2 16-bit interchange format meant to support...
Big Plans for Big Data and .NET for Spark
The .NET for Spark team is seeking your feedback to improve the experience of working with big data in .NET.
F# 5 update for August
We’re excited to announce more updates to F# 5 which will go alongside .NET 5 preview 8! We've shipped various updates since the beginning of this year: Today, we're pleased to announce the completion of the F# 5 feature work. There is one minor enhancement planned for the .NET 5 RC, but other than that we are finished with F# 5! From this point forward, our journey to shipping F# 5 will be focused mostly on bug fixes and addressing feedback. You can get the latest F# 5 in these ways If you’re using Visual Studio on Windows, you’ll need both the .NET 5 preview SDK and Visual Studio Preview ...
Automatically find latent bugs in your code with .NET 5
Introduction to the new Analysis Level feature shipping in .NET 5 Preview 8
Announcing Entity Framework Core (EF Core) 5.0 Preview 8
Entity Framework Core EF Core 5.0 Preview 8 is here with Table-per-type (TPT), table-valued functions support, SQLite table rebuilds for migrations and more.
ASP.NET Core updates in .NET 5 Preview 8
.NET 5 Preview 8 is now available! Check out all the improvements in ASP.NET Core in this preview update.
Announcing .NET 5.0 Preview 8
Today, we are releasing .NET 5.0 Preview 8. The .NET 5.0 release is now "feature complete", meaning that very nearly all features are in their final form (with the exception of bug fixes still to come). Preview 8 is, appropriately, the last preview. We plan on releasing two go-live release candidates before the final .NET 5.0 release in November. This post describes a selection of features across the .NET 5.0 release. You can download .NET 5.0, for Windows, macOS, and Linux: We also released new versions of ASP.NET Core and EF Core today. You need the latest preview version of V...