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Async ValueTask Pooling in .NET 5

March 24, 2020 Mar 24, 2020 03/24/20
shikhakaul
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...

More Spectre Mitigations in MSVC

March 24, 2020 Mar 24, 2020 03/24/20
shikhakaul
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 ...

Visual Studio 2019 version 16.5 is now available

March 19, 2020 Mar 19, 2020 03/19/20
shikhakaul
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...

Announcing .NET 5 Preview 1

March 19, 2020 Mar 19, 2020 03/19/20
shikhakaul
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, ...

.NET Conf: Focus On Xamarin is Next Week!

March 19, 2020 Mar 19, 2020 03/19/20
shikhakaul
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 ...