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.NET Framework – March 2024 Cumulative Update Preview
March 2024 Cumulative Update Preview Updates for .NET Framework
Adding Apple Privacy Manifest Support to .NET iOS & .NET MAUI apps
Starting May 1, 2024 Apple will start enforcing their Apple privacy manifest for apps that are published to the App Store. In this post we'll describe how to navigate this for .NET for iOS and .NET MAUI apps.
Introducing .NET Smart Components – AI-powered UI controls
Introducing .NET Smart Components, a set of genuinely useful AI-powered UI components that you can quickly and easily add to .NET apps.
Generate Local .NET Secrets from Azure Deployments
This post shows how to automatically generate .NET secrets that a .NET app can use from the Azure deployment.
The NuGet.org repository signing certificate will be updated as soon as April 8th, 2024
Action required: If you validate that packages are repository signed by NuGet.org using a NuGet client policy, command, or the command, please follow these steps by April 8th, 2024 to avoid potential disruptions when installing new NuGet.org packages. If you are unsure, we have outlined steps to check if you will be impacted. Since 2018, NuGet.org has used an X.509 certificate to sign its NuGet packages. The certificate was last renewed on March 15, 2021, and is set to expire on May 15, 2024. As early as April 8th, a new certificate will replace it as the new NuGet.org repository signing certificate for NuGet ...
Get started with .NET 8 and AI using new quickstart tutorials
New quickstarts are now available to help you get started with .NET and AI development.
Refining Your Search: Introducing NuGet.org’s Compatible Framework Filters
Last year, we introduced search by target frameworks on NuGet.org, allowing you to filter your search results based on the framework(s) that a package targets. We received plenty of great feedback from you on how to make the filters more effective, and we are excited to announce that we are adding new search options that will now allow you to filter search results by a package’s “compatible” frameworks. Previously, if you wanted to search for packages matching ‘net8.0’, you would only see packages that explicitly include ‘net8.0’. Backwards compatibility is a key principle in .NET, and this means that packa...
Unity extension for Visual Studio Code – Now Generally Available
We are thrilled to announce the general availability of the Unity extension for Visual Studio Code. This extension, built upon the C# Dev Kit and C# extensions, gives you a comprehensive toolkit for your Unity development in Visual Studio Code across Windows, macOS, and Linux.
.NET March 2024 Updates – .NET 8.0.3, 7.0.17, .NET 6.0.28
Check out latest March 2024 updates for .NET 8.0, .NET 7.0, and .NET 6.0.