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Mar 24, 2020
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Async ValueTask Pooling in .NET 5

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The async/await feature in C# has revolutionized how developers targeting .NET write asynchronous code. Sprinkle some  and  around, change some return types to be tasks, and badda bing badda boom, you’ve got an asynchronous implementation. In theory.

Mar 24, 2020
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Continuous integration and deployment for desktop apps with GitHub Actions

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From speaking to desktop developers, we’ve heard that you want to learn how to quickly set up continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) workflows for your WPF and Windows Forms applications in order to take advantage of the many benefits CI/CD pipelines have to offer, such as:

Mar 24, 2020
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More Spectre Mitigations in MSVC

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In a previous blog post, Microsoft described the Spectre mitigations available under . These mitigations, while not significantly impacting performance, do not protect against all possible speculative load attacks, described in industry research as Load Value Injection. We are now adding two new switches  and  to provide a more complete mitigation ...

Mar 19, 2020
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Visual Studio 2019 version 16.5 is now available

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The Visual Studio 2019 team here in Redmond has been living under a perpetually grey, wet winter sky since our last minor release. Thankfully, we are beginning to see the sun making regular appearances.  It is our hope this newest release will also brighten your day. Visual Studio 2019 version 16.5 contains anticipated new features from XAML, .NET,...

Mar 19, 2020
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Announcing .NET 5 Preview 1

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At the end of last year, we shipped .NET Core 3.0 and 3.1. These versions added the desktop app models Windows Forms (WinForms) and WPF, ASP.NET Blazor for building single page applications and gRPC for cross-platform, contract-based messaging. We also added templates for building services, rich generation of client code for talking to gRPC, REST A...

Mar 19, 2020
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.NET Conf: Focus On Xamarin is Next Week!

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We are just one week away from the largest Xamarin digital event of the year, .NET Conf: Focus on Xamarin! It all starts at 8 AM PT, 16:00 UTC, Monday, March 23rd with a stellar keynote from Amanda Silver, Microsoft Corporate Vice President of Program Manager, along side Xamarin Program Managers Maddy Leger and David Ortinau. Join us on live on the...