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A few of us just went to a smaller .NET conference in Portland, called .NET Fringe. For me, it was the third time I attended .NET Fringe. I've realized that this conference has gained a special place in my heart, so thought it would be worthwhile writing up why that is. My goal isn't to convince you to attend .NET Fringe per se, but to outline w...

Update (2017/06/12): Added BenchmarkDotNet blog post link. There are many exciting aspects to .NET Core (open source, cross platform, x-copy deployable, etc.) that have been covered in posts on this blog before. To me, though, one of the most exciting aspects of .NET Core is performance. There's been a lot of discussion about the significant adv...

Previous posts: On .NET: Brett Morrison During the Build conference, I caught up with my friend Brett Morrison. Brett is an entrepreneur, executive, and hands-on developer, who has been using Microsoft products and .NET throughout his career. He founded startups, such as Onestop and ememories, and also worked for SpaceX. Pa...

Previous posts: Package of the week: Open XML SDK The Open XML SDK provides open-source libraries for working with Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents. It supports scenarios such as high-performance generation of word-processing documents, spreadsheets, and presentations, high fidelity conversion of Word documents to HTML, extra...

Previous posts: .NET Poster Everybody likes posters, right? Well here's a modern .NET infographic to hang in your office. If you were at BUILD, you probably saw us handing thousands of these out to people. Now you can have one too! Download the poster! Happy Birthday .NET with Jan Kotas In this quick interview, we talk to...

Previous posts: Microsoft Build 2017 The Microsoft Build 2017 conference is over. Here are some of the announcements and highlights: And of course, all the sessions are available on Channel 9. .NET Core 2.0 preview 1 shipp...

Previous posts: Microsoft Build 2017 The Microsoft Build 2017 conference starts tomorrow in Seattle! You can watch the conference live starting at 8:00AM Pacific Time and get the scoop. .NET Core 2.0 status Only a few days to go before we reach zero bugs. Great progress has been made, but we are still 163 bugs away from zero. ...

Previous posts: .NET Architecture There’s a new .NET Architecture web site, where you’ll find practical advice, best practices, and sample applications to help you implement different application patterns using .NET. Check it out! .NET Core 2.0 status 2.0 bugs are mostly under control and we think we will hit our zero-bugs goal ...

Previous posts: Happy birthday .NET with Chris Sells In February, we threw a big .NET birthday bash with Microsoft Alumni and product teams. We caught up with Chris Sells who is currently a Product Manager at Google, and before that a Program Manager at Microsoft. Chris has been part of the .NET developer community since the begin...

Previous posts: On .NET This week on the show, we'll speak with Don Schenck about Red Hat. We'll take questions on Gitter, on the dotnet/home channel and on Twitter. Please use the tag. It's OK to start sending us questions in advance if you can't do it live during the show. Happy birthday .NET with Robin Cole In February we go...