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Preview Features in .NET 6 – Generic Math
If you’ve ever wanted to use operators with generic types or thought that interfaces could be improved by supporting the ability to define static methods as part of their contract, then this blog post is for you. With .NET 6 we will be shipping a preview of the new generic math and static abstracts in interfaces features.
String Interpolation in C# 10 and .NET 6
Text processing is at the heart of huge numbers of apps and services, and in .NET, that means lots and lots of . creation is so fundamental that a myriad of ways of creating them have existed since .NET Framework 1.0 was released, and more have joined the fray since. Whether via 's constructors, or , or overrides, or helper methods on like or or or , APIs to create strings are ubiquitous. One of the most powerful APIs for creating strings in .NET, however, is . The method has a multitude of overloads, all of which share in common the ability to supply a "composite format string" and associated arguments...
ASP.NET Core updates in .NET 6 Preview 7
.NET 6 Preview 7 is now available! Check out all the improvements in ASP.NET Core in this update.
Announcing .NET 6 Preview 7
.NET 6 Preview 7 is now available.
.NET August 2021 Updates – 5.0.9, 3.1.18, 2.1.30
Today, we are releasing the .NET August 2021 Updates. These updates contains reliability and other improvements. See the individual release notes for details on updated packages. You can download 5.0.9Â , 3.1.18, 2.1.30Â versions for Windows, macOS, and Linux, for x86, x64, Arm32, and Arm64. Update: The .NET Core 2.1.29 August update did not include the correct fix for CVE-2021-34532. To resolve this, we are re-releasing the August security update for .NET Core 2.1 as 2.1.30. If you have installed .NET Core 2.1.29 previously you need to install the .NET Core 2.1.30 update in...
.NET Framework August 2021 Security and Quality Rollup
Today, we are releasing the August 2021 Security and Quality Rollup Updates for .NET Framework. Security This release does not contain any new security fixes. See February 2021 Security and Quality Rollup for the latest security updates. Quality and Reliability This release contains the following quality and reliability improvements. CLR1 Windows Forms 1 Common Language Runtime (CLR) Getting the Update The Security and Quality Rollup is available via Windows Update, Windows Server Update Services, and Microsoft Update Catalog. Microsoft Update Catalog You can get the update via the ...
.NET Framework July 2021 Cumulative Update Preview
Today, we are releasing the July 2021 Cumulative Update Preview for .NET Framework. Security The July Cumulative Update Preview does not contain any new security fixes. See February 2021 Security and Quality Rollup for the latest security updates. Quality and Reliability This release contains the following quality and reliability improvements. CLR1 Windows Forms 1 Common Language Runtime (CLR) Getting the Update The Cumulative Update Preview is available via Windows Update and Microsoft Update Catalog. Microsoft Update Catalog You can get the update via the Microsoft Update Catalog....
Conversation about the .NET open source project
Conversation with .NET engineers about the .NET open source project, five+ years in.
Tune in July 29 for .NET Conf: Focus on F#
Save the date July 29 for .NET Conf: Focus on F#, a free, one-day livestream event that features speakers from the community and Microsoft teams working on and using the F# language.