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Announcing Preview 1 of ASP.NET MVC 5.2.5, Web API 5.2.5, and Web Pages 3.2.5

March 19, 2018 Mar 19, 2018 03/19/18

Daniel Roth

Today we released Preview 1 of ASP.NET MVC 5.2.5, Web API 5.2.5, and Web Pages 3.2.5 on NuGet. This is a patch release that contains only bug fixes. You can find the full list of bug fixes for this release in the release notes. To update an existing project to use this preview release run the following commands from the NuGet Package Manager ...

.NET Framework 4.7.2 Developer Pack Early Access build 3056 is available!

March 8, 2018 Mar 8, 2018 03/8/18

Preeti Krishna - MSFT

Today, we are happy to share an Early Access build with the .NET Framework 4.7.2 Developer Pack. The .NET Framework 4.7.2 Developer Pack lets developers build applications that target the .NET Framework 4.7.2 by using Visual Studio 2017, Visual Studio 2015 or other IDEs. This is a single package that bundles the .NET Framework 4.7.2, the .NET...

F# language and tools update for Visual Studio 2017 version 15.6

March 6, 2018 Mar 6, 2018 03/6/18

Phillip Carter

With the release of Visual Studio 2017 version 15.6, we’re excited to share updates to the F# language and core library, F# tooling in Visual Studio, and infrastructure updates that concern OSS contributors. Let’s dive in! F# language and core library updates Some foundational changes for the F# language and core library have been ...

ASP.NET Core 2.1.0-preview1: Functional testing of MVC applications

March 5, 2018 Mar 5, 2018 03/5/18

Daniel Roth

For ASP.NET Core 2.1 we have created a new package, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Testing, to help streamline in-memory end-to-end testing of MVC applications using . This package takes care of some of the typical pitfalls when trying to test MVC applications using TestServer. Create a test project To try out the new MVC test fixture, let...

ASP.NET Core 2.1.0-preview1: GDPR enhancements

March 4, 2018 Mar 4, 2018 03/4/18

Barry Dorrans

2018 sees the introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation, an EU framework to allow EU citizens to control, correct and delete their data, no matter where in the word it is held. In ASP.NET Core 2.1 Preview 1 we’ve added some features to the ASP.NET Core templates to allow you to meet some of your GDPR obligations, as well as a ...

ASP.NET Core 2.1.0-preview1: Introducing Identity UI as a library

March 2, 2018 Mar 2, 2018 03/2/18

Daniel Roth

ASP.NET Core has historically provided project templates with code for setting up ASP.NET Core Identity, which enables support for identity related features like user registration, login, account management, etc. While ASP.NET Core Identity handles the hard work of dealing with passwords, two-factor authentication, account confirmation, and ...

ASP.NET Core 2.1.0-preview1: Razor UI in class libraries

March 1, 2018 Mar 1, 2018 03/1/18

Daniel Roth

One frequently requested scenario that ASP.NET Core 2.1 improves is building UI in reusable class libraries. With ASP.NET Core 2.1 you can package your Razor views and pages (.cshtml files) along with your controllers, page models, and data models in reusable class libraries that can be packaged and shared. Apps can then include pre-built UI ...

ASP.NET Core 2.1.0-preview1: Improvements to IIS hosting

February 28, 2018 Feb 28, 2018 02/28/18

Sourabh Shirhatti [MSFT]

The ASP.NET Core Module (ANCM) is a global IIS module that has been responsible for proxying requests over from IIS to your backend ASP.NET Core application running Kestrel. Since 2.0 we have been hard at work to bring to two major improvements to ANCM: version agility and performance. Note, that in the 2.1.0-preview1 ...

ASP.NET Core 2.1-preview1: Introducing HTTPClient factory

February 28, 2018 Feb 28, 2018 02/28/18

Glenn Condron [MSFT]

HttpClient factory is an opinionated factory for creating HttpClient instances to be used in your applications. It is designed to: 1. Provide a central location for naming and configuring logical HttpClients. For example, you may configure a client that is pre-configured to access the github API. 2. Codify the concept of outgoing middleware...

ASP.NET Core 2.1.0-preview1: Improvements for building Web APIs

February 27, 2018 Feb 27, 2018 02/27/18

Daniel Roth

ASP.NET Core 2.1 adds a number of features that make it easier and more convenient to build Web APIs. These features include Web API controller specific conventions, more robust input processing and error handling, and JSON patch improvements. Please note that some of these features require enabling MVC compatibility with 2.1, so be sure to ...