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Take C# 8.0 for a spin

Mads Torgersen December 5, 2018 Dec 5, 2018 12/5/18

Take C# 8.0 for a spin Yesterday we announced the first preview of both Visual Studio 2019 (Making every developer more productive with Visual Studio 2019) and .NET Core 3.0 (Announcing .NET Core 3 Preview 1 and Open Sourcing Windows Desktop Frameworks). One of the exciting aspects of that is that you get to play with some of the features ...

Introducing Nullable Reference Types in C#

Mads Torgersen November 15, 2017 Nov 15, 2017 11/15/17

Today we released a prototype of a C# feature called "nullable reference types", which is intended to help you find and fix most of your null-related bugs before they blow up at runtime. We would love for you to install the prototype and try it out on your code! (Or maybe a copy of it! 😄) Your feedback is going to help us get the feature ...

Welcome to C# 7.2 and Span

Mads Torgersen November 15, 2017 Nov 15, 2017 11/15/17

C# 7.2 is the latest point release of C#, and adds a number of small but useful features. All the features are described in wonderful detail in the docs. Start with the overview, What's new in C# 7.2, which gives you an excellent introduction to the new set of capabilities. It is worth celebrating that a significant portion of the docs are ...

Welcome to C# 7.1

Mads Torgersen October 31, 2017 Oct 31, 2017 10/31/17

With C# we have always tended towards major releases: bundle a lot of features up, and release less frequently. We even went so far as routinely omitting the traditional ".0" when we talked about C# 6.0! In the C# 7.0 "wave" we are trying something new. Tools such as Visual Studio upgrade on a frequent cadence, and there's no longer a ...

The week in .NET – Visual Studio 2017, .NET Core SDK, F# 4.1, On .NET with Phillip Carter, Happy Birthday from John Shewchuk, FNA, Pyre

Bertrand Le Roy March 8, 2017 Mar 8, 2017 03/8/17

Previous posts: Visual Studio 2017, .NET Core SDK 1.0, F# 4.1 Yesterday, we had a big product launch! Visual Studio 2017 is here, and with it come the releases of .NET Core SDK 1.0, and F# 4.1. Check out the posts for all the details: Get the bits now: On .NET In last week's ...

The .NET Language Strategy

Mads Torgersen February 1, 2017 Feb 1, 2017 02/1/17

The .NET Language Strategy I am constantly aware of the enormous impact our language investments have on so many people's daily lives. Our languages are a huge strength of the .NET platform, and a primary factor in people choosing to bet on it - and stay on it. I've been here on the .NET languages team at Microsoft for more than a decade, and...

December 2016 Update for .NET Core 1.0

KendraHavens December 13, 2016 Dec 13, 2016 12/13/16

Today, we are releasing a new set of reliability and quality updates for .NET Core 1.0. This month's update is our second Long Term Support (LTS) update and includes updated versions of multiple packages in .NET Core, ASP.NET Core and Entity Framework Core. We recommend everyone on the 1.0.* LTS track move to this update immediately. How to ...

The week in .NET – .NET Foundation – Serilog – Super Dungeon Bros

Bertrand Le Roy November 1, 2016 Nov 1, 2016 11/1/16

To read last week's post, see The week in .NET – .NET, ASP.NET, EF Core 1.1 Preview 1 – On .NET on EF Core 1.1 – Changelog – FluentValidation – Reverse: Time Collapse. On .NET: Martin Woodward on the .NET Foundation Last week, Martin Woodward was on the show to talk about the .NET Foundation: This week, we'll speak with Mei-...

What’s New in C# 7.0

Mads Torgersen August 24, 2016 Aug 24, 2016 08/24/16

Update (4/2017): See New Features in C# 7.0, the update to this post. What follows is a description of all the planned language features in C# 7.0. With the release of Visual Studio "15" Preview 4, most of these features are coming alive. Now is a great time to take them for a spin and tell us your thoughts! C# 7.0 adds a number...

On .NET 3/31/2016 – John Kemnetz – C# Extension for VS Code

Bertrand Le Roy April 11, 2016 Apr 11, 2016 04/11/16

John Kemnetz gives us a demo of the experimental support for debugging C# in VS Code. The blog post on experimental debugger support in VS Code Complete instructions to install and try out debugging Join the insiders program...

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