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Mar 12, 2024
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Refining Your Search: Introducing NuGet.org’s Compatible Framework Filters

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Jon

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...

Mar 12, 2024
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Unity extension for Visual Studio Code – Now Generally Available

Jb Evain

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.

Mar 12, 2024
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.NET March 2024 Updates – .NET 8.0.3, 7.0.17, .NET 6.0.28

Rahul Bhandari (MSFT)

Check out latest March 2024 updates for .NET 8.0, .NET 7.0, and .NET 6.0.

Mar 7, 2024
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Building AI Bots, Extending Copilot for Microsoft 365, and more with .NET and Teams Toolkit

Ayca Bas

Teams Toolkit for is packed with the new exciting capabilities for .NET developers including new AI Bot templates, CodeLens integration, and new Copilot preview templates.

Mar 6, 2024
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Get Started with Milvus Vector DB in .NET

Luis Quintanilla

Learn how to get started managing embedding vectors for search and Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) scenarios using the Milvus vector database with .NET.

Mar 1, 2024
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GitHub Copilot Analysis, Customized Rules, and more come to the Azure Migrate application and code assessment

Mike Rousos

Learn about the latest features in Azure Migrate Application and Code Assessment to help you move your .NET applications from on-premises to Azure.

Feb 29, 2024
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.NET MAUI Community Toolkit 2023 Highlights

Kym Phillpotts

Let's take a look back at all the happeneings from 2023 for the the .NET MAUI Community Toolkit's Journey of Growth, Rich Features, and Expanding Community Collaboration and a sneak peak at what is next.

Feb 26, 2024
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The FAST and the Fluent: A Blazor story

Vincent Baaij

Learn about the origin of the building blocks of the Fluent UI Blazor library. We'll talk about FAST, Web Components, Fluent Design, and more.

Feb 22, 2024
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WinForms in a 64-Bit world – our strategy going forward

Klaus Loeffelmann

32-bit components can impose challenges for WinForms developers in a 64-bit Visual Studio environment, but there are options to solve this. Component modernization, migrating to .NET 6+ and a new option to use the out-of-process Designer for Framework are the key to a feasible way forward!