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The Next Generation of .NET

April 3, 2014 Apr 3, 2014 04/3/14
.NET Team
At Build 2014 this week, we announced the next generation of .NET. The next generation will focus and deliver on two main themes: Core Innovation and cross-device apps. These themes are a direct result of your feedback, asking for new features in .NET and to make it easier to use .NET for all your apps. At Build 2014, we are releasing...

Upcoming .NET NuGet Releases

March 4, 2014 Mar 4, 2014 03/4/14
.NET Team
This post was written by Richard Lander, a Program Manager on the .NET Core Framework team. We recently concluded a planning exercise for the next few months of work. From this exercise, we’d like to share the next set of NuGet releases that we plan to do. We chose this particular set based on your feedback and internal partner ...

Upcoming .NET NuGet Releases

March 4, 2014 Mar 4, 2014 03/4/14
.NET Team
This post was written by Richard Lander, a Program Manager on the .NET Core Framework team. We recently concluded a planning exercise for the next few months of work. From this exercise, we’d like to share the next set of NuGet releases that we plan to do. We chose this particular set based on your feedback and internal partner ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

How to use XDT in NuGet – Examples and Facts

October 24, 2013 Oct 24, 2013 10/24/13
danliu-nuget
Starting with NuGet 2.6, XML-Document-Transform (XDT) is supported to transform XML files inside a project. The XDT syntax can be utilized in the .install.xdt and .uninstall.xdt file(s) under the package’s Content folder, which will be applied during package installation and uninstallation time, respectively. One of XDT’s greatest ...

.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 ...