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Tracepoints: Debug with less clutter

September 26, 2019 Sep 26, 2019 09/26/19

Shikha Kaul

Have you ever accidentally shipped a log statement to production? Are you tired of cleaning up log statements while debugging? The tool to solve your problems has been here all along...

ML.NET and Model Builder at .NET Conf 2019 (Machine Learning for .NET)

September 26, 2019 Sep 26, 2019 09/26/19

Shikha Kaul

We are excited today to announce updates to Model Builder and improvements in ML.NET. You can learn more in the “What’s new in ML.NET?.” session at .NET Conf...

Announcing Xamarin Hot Restart

September 26, 2019 Sep 26, 2019 09/26/19

Shikha Kaul

Today at .NET Conf 2019, we announced Xamarin Hot Restart which enables you to test changes made to your app, including multi-file code edits, resources, and references, using a much faster build and deploy cycle...

The Future of C++/CLI and .NET Core 3

September 26, 2019 Sep 26, 2019 09/26/19

Shikha Kaul

.NET Core 3.0 is now available and we have received a lot of questions about what that means for the future of C++/CLI. First, we would like to let everyone know that we are committed to supporting C++/CLI for .NET Core to enable easy interop between C++ codebases and .NET technologies such as WPF and Windows Forms. This support isn’t going ...

Using the Android App Bundle with Visual Studio App Center

September 26, 2019 Sep 26, 2019 09/26/19

Shikha Kaul

You might have heard about the new official publishing format for your Android apps: The Android App Bundle. Originally announced at Google I/O ‘18, this new format brings a host of new features and improvements for both you as a developer and your app’s users...

ASP.NET Core and Blazor updates in .NET Core 3.0

September 24, 2019 Sep 24, 2019 09/24/19

Shikha Kaul

Today we are thrilled to announce the release of .NET Core 3.0! .NET Core 3.0 is ready for production use, and is loaded with lots of great new features for building amazing web apps with ASP.NET Core and Blazor...

Announcing Entity Framework Core 3.0 and Entity Framework 6.3 General Availability

September 24, 2019 Sep 24, 2019 09/24/19

Shikha Kaul

We are extremely excited to announce the general availability of EF Core 3.0and EF 6.3 on nuget.org. The final versions of .NET Core 3.0 and ASP.NET Core 3.0 are also available now...

Announcing F# 4.7

September 24, 2019 Sep 24, 2019 09/24/19

Shikha Kaul

We’re excited to announce general availability of F# 4.7 in conjunction with the .NET Core 3.0 release! In this post, I’ll show you how to get started, explain everything in F# 4.7 and give you a sneak peek at what we’re doing for the next version of F...

Announcing .NET Core 3.0

September 24, 2019 Sep 24, 2019 09/24/19

Shikha Kaul

We’re excited to announce the release of .NET Core 3.0. It includes many improvements, including adding Windows Forms and WPF, adding new JSON APIs, support for ARM64 and improving performance across the board. C# 8 is also part of this release, which includes nullable, async streams, and more patterns. F# 4.7 is included, and focused on ...

.NET Core Support and More in Visual Studio 2019 version 16.3 – Update Now!

September 24, 2019 Sep 24, 2019 09/24/19

Shikha Kaul

As we continue to deliver on our mission of any developer, any app, any platform, it’s always an exciting time on the Visual Studio team when we get to launch major features.  Today we’ve released Visual Studio 2019 version 16.3 which contains support for the release of .NET Core 3.0, significant C++ improvements, and great updates for ...