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C# 11 Preview Updates – Raw string literals, UTF-8 and more!
C# 11 features are coming along nicely and the most recent release features all sorts of goodies including updates to string literals, pattern matching, checked user-defined operators, and an update on !!.
Announcing .NET 7 Preview 3
.NET 7 Preview 3 is now available with enhancements to observability, startup times, codegen, GC regions, native AOT compilation, and more.
Announcing Entity Framework Core 7 (EF7) Preview 3
Announcing the release of EF7 Preview 3 and custom database-first scaffolding with T4 templates.
.NET MAUI Release Candidate – Ready for cross-platform app development
.NET MAUI Release Candidate is now feature complete, API stable for the upcoming GA release. Get started today to build app for Android, Windows, iOS, and macOS.
.NET Automatic Updates for Server Operating Systems
Server operating systems can opt in to get automatic updates for .NET. Learn how to easly opt in so you never miss an update.
.NET April 2022 Updates – .NET 6.0.4, .NET 5.0.16 and, .NET Core 3.1.24
Check out April updates for .NET 6.0, .NET 5.0, and .NET Core 3.1
.NET Framework April 2022 Security and Quality Rollup Updates
We are releasing the April 2022 Security and Quality Rollup Updates for .NET Framework.
Introducing Central Package Management
Central Package Management Dependency management is a core feature of NuGet. Managing dependencies for a single project can be easy. Managing dependencies for multi-project solutions can prove to be difficult as they start to scale in size and complexity. In situations where you manage common dependencies for many different projects, you can leverage NuGet's central package management features to do all of this from the ease of a single location. Historically, NuGet package dependencies have been managed in two main locations: Starting with NuGet 6.2, you can centrally manage your dependencies in your pro...
ASP.NET Core updates in .NET 7 Preview 3
.NET 7 Preview 3 is here and adds some great new features to ASP.NET Core including support for route handler filters in minimal APIs, improved unit testability for minimal route handlers, performance enhancements, and more.