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Microsoft.Diagnostics.Tracing.EventSource is now stable

January 30, 2014 Jan 30, 2014 01/30/14
Immo Landwerth
We are announcing the RTM of the EventSource NuGet package, which enables fast app tracing to the Windows Event Log, including in production. This post was written by Cosmin Radu, a software developer on the .NET Runtime team. Over the past several weeks we’ve been working on addressing some feedback we’ve received from our users ...

.NET 4.5.1 Supports Microsoft Security Updates for .NET NuGet Libraries

January 22, 2014 Jan 22, 2014 01/22/14
.NET Team
This post describes .NET NuGet library servicing support in the .NET Framework 4.5.1. It was written by Alok Shriram, a Program Manager on the .NET Core Framework Team. In the .NET Framework 4.5.1, we extended our .NET Framework security update capability to our NuGet libraries, enabling us to deliver security updates for those libraries ...

The .NET Framework 4.5.1 is available on Windows Update and WSUS

December 9, 2013 Dec 9, 2013 12/9/13
The .NET Fundamentals Team
Update (2017): See .NET Framework Releases to learn about newer releases. This release is unsupported. We are happy to announce that the .NET Framework 4.5.1 and its language packs are now available via Windows Update (WU) and WSUS. You can learn more about the release from the What's new in the .NET Framework 4.5.1 topic. This update is ...

Microsoft.Diagnostics.Tracing.EventSource is now RC on NuGet.org

December 4, 2013 Dec 4, 2013 12/4/13
Immo Landwerth
We are announcing the RC of the EventSource NuGet package, which enables fast app tracing to the Windows Event Log, including in production. This post was written by Cosmin Radu, a software developer on the .NET Runtime team. Over the past several months we’ve been working on addressing feedback and extending the value proposition ...

RyuJIT .NET JIT compiler CTP1 FAQ

November 18, 2013 Nov 18, 2013 11/18/13
.NET Team
Update (2017): See .NET Framework Releases to learn about newer releases. This post shares more details about our new .NET 64-bit Just-In-Time (JIT) compiler. It was written by Kevin Frei, Development Lead for the CLR JIT team. RyuJIT received a great response with its RyuJIT: The next-generation JIT compiler for .NET announcement post. ...

PCL and .NET NuGet Libraries are now enabled for Xamarin

November 13, 2013 Nov 13, 2013 11/13/13
.NET Team
Earlier today, Soma announced a collaboration between Microsoft and Xamarin. As you probably know, Xamarin’s Visual Studio extension enables developers to use VS and .NET to extend the reach of their apps across multiple devices, including iOS and Android. As part of that collaboration, today, we are announcing two releases around the .NET ...

.NET Framework 4.5.1 RTM => start coding

October 17, 2013 Oct 17, 2013 10/17/13
.NET Team
Updated (2017): See .NET Framework Releases to learn about newer releases. This release is unsupported. Updated (July 2015): See Announcing .NET Framework 4.6 to read about the latest version of the NET Framework. Today, we’re announcing the availability of the .NET Framework 4.5.1 and Visual Studio 2013 (Soma’s blog). You can ...

NuGet is a .NET framework release vehicle

October 16, 2013 Oct 16, 2013 10/16/13
.NET Team
This post describes how the .NET team uses NuGet and how discoverability and serviceability have improved in the .NET Framework 4.5.1. It was written by Alok Shriram, a Program Manager on the .NET Core Framework Team.  Update: Read PCL and .NET NuGet Libraries are now enabled for Xamarin to learn more about how our NuGet packages ...

Portable Class Library (PCL) now available on all platforms

October 14, 2013 Oct 14, 2013 10/14/13
.NET Team
This post announces a standalone release of the .NET portable class library reference assemblies that can be used on any operating system. It was written by Rich Lander, a Program Manager on the .NET Team. Update: Read PCL and .NET NuGet Libraries are now enabled for Xamarin for later information on this release. You can build .NET apps ...