.NET 7 is generally available
Microsoft has officially launched .NET 7. The new version introduces various product updates under one umbrella.
.NET 7 brings a range of new features for various development tools and platforms, including C# 11, F# 7, .NET MAUI, ASP.NET Core/Blazor, Web APIs, WinForms and WPF.
In addition, ... Read more
AWS simplifies .NET deployment tools
AWS launched a simplified deployment experience for .NET apps. The functionality is available in the AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio and AWS Deploy Tool for .NET.
The functionality includes default settings for .NET apps in the AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio and AWS Deploy Tool for .NET. The sett... Read more
The end of .NET 4 Framework is closing in
Several versions of .NET 4 Framework will reach end-of-life status on April 26. Internet Explorer awaits the same faith.
Microsoft will no longer support or patch .NET Framework 4.5.2, 4.6 and 4.6.1 from 26 April 2022 onwards. The change is necessary. Microsoft will adopt digital certificates b... Read more
Microsoft releases first preview of .NET 7
The company says this release marks the first step towards the future of the platform.
Microsoft has announced the next major milestone for the .NET platform with the release of the first preview of .NET 7. The language recently celebrated its 20th anniversary.
This release will build off fo... Read more
Why Microsoft keeps investing in its seemingly ancient Windows Forms
Microsoft updates Windows Forms. Additions to the .NET framework promise to better enable developers to modernize legacy Forms apps.
Windows Forms is a UI framework in .NET. In a nutshell, Forms allows UIs to be added to code in .NET programming languages (C#, F# and Visual Basic, ed.).
The f... Read more
‘Version 6.0 of F# should make the programming language more attractive’
The arrival of version 6.0 should make programming language F# more attractive to more developers. Greater adoption is the goal, says lead developer Don Syme at the virtual .NET Conf event.
As it stands, F# is a language deemed difficult to understand by many developers. At the same time, lead-d... Read more
Microsoft gives in to community pressure, reverses change to .NET 6
After facing community backlash, Microsoft promises to undo the recent removal of the Hot Reload Functionality from .NET 6.
In short, .NET Hot Reload functionality allowed .NET developers to modify application source code while applications are running, enabling real-time monitoring of source co... Read more
Third .NET 6 preview makes MAUI work for Windows applications
Microsoft has released the third preview version of .NET 6. This version enables developers to create classic Windows applications with .NET MAUI.
All changes in .NET 6 Preview 3 can be found in a blog post. The most important change is the introduction of Project Reunion 0.5. This makes it poss... Read more
Microsoft kicks off 2021 with Visual Studio 16.9 Preview 3
The preview release offers a suite of new features as well as increased stability for Microsoft's development platform.
This week Microsoft released Visual Studio 2019 v16.9 Preview 3. This is the Visual Studio Team's first preview release of 2021. The preview offers new additions to C++, .NET P... Read more
.NET 5.0 is around the corner with new features
In just two months, .NET 5.0 will be ready for release, giving Microsoft the much-needed time to get their first platform release candidate out to the public. They can then start looking at the future of their .NET Standard.
The new release is slated to be the .NET Framework's cross-platform suc... Read more