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Try out Nullable Reference Types

August 6, 2019 Aug 6, 2019 08/6/19
Phillip Carter
Try out Nullable Reference Types With the release of .NET Core 3.0 Preview 7, C# 8.0 is considered "feature complete". That means that the biggest feature of them all, Nullable Reference Types, is also locked down behavior-wise for the .NET Core release. It will continue to improve after C# 8.0, but it is now considered stable with ...

Improving .NET Core installation in Visual Studio and on Windows

August 5, 2019 Aug 5, 2019 08/5/19
Lee Coward
Visual Studio 2019 version 16.3 and .NET Core 3.0 Preview 7 improve the installation experience of .NET Core on Windows. The goal is to reduce the number of .NET Core versions that might be on a machine. The improvements are based on customer feedback and our own experiences as well as laying the groundwork for future improvements. .NET Core ...

HttpRepl: A command-line tool for interacting with RESTful HTTP services

July 31, 2019 Jul 31, 2019 07/31/19
Angelos Petropoulos
The ASP.NET team has built a command-line tool called HttpRepl. It lets you browse and invoke HTTP services in a similar way to working with files and folders. You give it a starting point (a base URL) and then you can execute commands like “dir” and “cd” to navigate your way around the API: Once you have identified the API you are ...

Announcing .NET Core 3.0 Preview 7

July 23, 2019 Jul 23, 2019 07/23/19
Rich Lander [MSFT]
Today, we are announcing .NET Core 3.0 Preview 7. We've transitioned from creating new features to polishing the release. Expect a singular focus on quality for the remaining preview releases. Download .NET Core 3.0 Preview 7 right now on Windows, macOS and Linux. ASP.NET Core and EF Core are also releasing updates ...

Announcing ML.NET 1.2 and Model Builder updates (Machine Learning for .NET)

July 17, 2019 Jul 17, 2019 07/17/19
Cesar De la Torre
We are excited to announce ML.NET 1.2 and updates to Model Builder and the CLI. ML.NET is an open-source and cross-platform machine learning framework for .NET developers. ML.NET also includes Model Builder (a simple UI tool for Visual Studio) and the ML.NET CLI (Command-line interface) to make it super easy to build custom Machine Learning (...

Write Better Code Faster with Roslyn Analyzers

July 10, 2019 Jul 10, 2019 07/10/19
Mika Dumont
Roslyn, the .NET compiler platform, helps you catch bugs even before you run your code. One example is Roslyn’s spellcheck analyzer that is built into Visual Studio. Let’s say you are creating a static method and misspelled the word static as statc. You will be able to see this spelling error before you run your code because Roslyn can ...

.NET Core July 2019 Updates – 2.1.12 and 2.2.6

July 9, 2019 Jul 9, 2019 07/9/19
Vivek Mishra
Today, we are releasing the .NET Core July 2019 Update. These updates contain security and reliability fixes. See the individual release notes for details on updated packages. NOTE: If you are a Visual Studio user, there are MSBuild version requirements so use only the .NET Core SDK supported for each Visual Studio version. Information ...

.NET Framework July 2019 Security and Quality Rollup

July 9, 2019 Jul 9, 2019 07/9/19
Brett Lopez
Today, we are releasing the July 2019 Cumulative Update, Security and Quality Rollup, and Security Only Update for .NET Framework. Security CVE-2019-1006 – WCF/WIF SAML Token Authentication Bypass Vulnerability An authentication bypass vulnerability exists in Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) and Windows Identity Foundation (WIF), ...