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.NET Aspire 9.3 is here and enhanced with GitHub Copilot!
.NET Aspire 9.3 is the biggest release of .NET Aspire yet, with the introduction of GitHub Copilot directly into the .NET Aspire Dashboard, updates for integrat...
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Cool ASP.NET Web Forms Features in 2015 – Async Model Binding
This is the first in a twice weekly series of blog posts that we’re going to share from the Microsoft Web Development blog to showcase some of the really cool and mature features available in ASP.NET Web Forms for developers to use in their projects.  Web Forms is the development model that was deployed first with ASP.NET in 2001, and has been improved in every ASP.NET release since. Throughout this series of posts, we will build a sample application to track our travel information. Each update will provide a link to the source code so that you can follow along. In this first post, we’re going to look at the...
NuGet.org server status
For the last few weeks we have experienced a few hours of downtime a few times a week. The NuGet community was very engaged in sharing the issues both on Twitter, support@nuget.org, personal emails, and GitHub. We thank you for that and appreciate your patience. We realize NuGet.org is a center to many of the day to day activities of a .NET developer. It is critical and we are working hard to make it better. We promised to get back to you with an update, here it goes. NuGet.org state - early May 2015. NuGet.org was initially built about four years ago on top of a SQL database and OData services and NuGet.org ...
NuGet 3.0 RC 2 Released
In the month since the Visual Studio 2015 RC release, we have heard from many of you with compliments, complaints, and bug reports. The NuGet team is happy to hear about all of the experiences you've had with our add-in for Visual Studio. The team has been hard at work preparing for the final release of Visual Studio, and would like to issue an update to the Visual Studio extension to ensure that we have ironed out some of the issues you may have run into. You can also get a copy of the extension from Codeplex at https://nuget.codeplex.com/releases/view/615507. Feature Tuning We did not want to add any new feat...
Save the day with a Visual Basic, C#, or F# T-Shirt!
Mads and Dustin showed off these stylish little numbers at BUILD and ever since we've been getting pinged by community members wanting to know where they can get their very own so they too can show their passion for their favorite programming language(s). Who wouldn't want to look this awesome? These were originally team t-shirts from years ago and every time one of us wears one of them out at a talk or a conference without fail you let us know how much you'd love to get your hands on one. Finally Visual Basic MVP Jim Wooley shot me a tweet saying "Just put it on CafePress.com already!". Great idea, Jim! We act...
Application Insights for ASP.NET 5 – you’re in control
ASP.NET 5 apps can now be monitored for performance and usage with Visual Studio Application Insights. The composability of components in ASP.NET 5 makes it very easy to integrate telemetry modules into your app design in a flexible way. With the feedback you get about the performance and effectiveness of your app in the wild, you can make informed choices about the direction of the design in each development lifecycle. ASP.NET 5 is a lean framework for building web and cloud applications. Dependency injection is one of the biggest architectural improvements over previous versions, allowing components to be mu...
May 2015 .NET Security Updates
The .NET team released two security bulletins today as part of the monthly "Update Tuesday" cycle. Microsoft Security Bulletin MS15-044 - Critical, Vulnerability in .NET Framework Could Allow Remote Code Execution (3057110) This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Microsoft .NET Framework. The most severe of the vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted document or visits an untrusted webpage that contains embedded TrueType fonts.This security update is rated Critical for Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 Service Pack 2, Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5, M...
Targeting the .NET Framework 4.6 RC
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Update (2017): See .NET Framework Releases to learn about newer releases. The .NET Framework 4.6 is the latest version of the .NET Framework. The .NET Framework 4.6 exposes new APIs that you can use in your app or library. You can also use it to run existing apps. Using Visual Studio 2015 You can target the .NET Framework 4.6 using Visual Studio 2015. Visual Studio 2015 targets the .NET Framework 4.5.2 by default, since the .NET Framework 4.5.2 has been deployed broadly (globally). Targeting the .NET Framework 4.5.2 is the best choice, unless you specifically need the new APIs in the .NET Framework 4.6. Y...
Updates for ASP.NET 4.6 – Web Forms/ MVC 5/ Web API 2
We released Visual Studio 2015 RC which included ASP.NET 5 Preview. Along with ASP.NET 5 Preview we have also been working on improving ASP.NET 4.6 which includes Web Forms, MVC 5 and Web API 2. This post highlights updates in this area. What is ASP.NET 4.6? ASP.NET 4.6 is an umbrella term used to describe updates existing Frameworks such as ASP.NET Web Forms/ MVC 5/ Web API 2 etc. You can build Web Apps using these Frameworks on the standard, desktop-enabled .NET Framework model. Improvements in ASP.NET 4.6 for Web Forms/ MVC 5/ Web API 2. Apart from working on ASP.NET 5, we are also working on updating Fram...
New ASP.NET Features and Fixes in Visual Studio 2015 RC
Today Scott Hanselman announced the Release Candidate of Visual Studio 2015, Team Foundation Server 2015 and Visual Studio 2013 Update 5. We hope that all //build attendees are enjoying the show, and we are following up on the news of the Visual Studio 2015 Release Candidate to show you some of the cool new features delivered in this version for web developers. With the Visual Studio 2015 release candidate we are delivering updates for ASP.NET 4.6 and our next generation ASP.NET 5 framework. You can read more about ASP.NET 5 online at http://www.asp.net/vnext and review the new open source documentation for...