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Join us for the Great .NET 8 Hack

November 7, 2023 Nov 7, 2023 11/7/23

Aaron Powell

Join us for a virtual hackathon, November 20 to December 4, 2023 to learn how to build awesome apps with .NET, AI, or Cloud Native. And a chance to win exciting prizes!

The convenience of System.IO

November 6, 2023 Nov 6, 2023 11/6/23

Richard Lander

File I/O APIs are used pervasively in apps. .NET has great API for reading and writing files. They are a great example of the convenience of .NET.

What’s new with identity in .NET 8

November 3, 2023 Nov 3, 2023 11/3/23

Jeremy Likness

An introduction to identity in .NET 8 with code examples to secure APIs, generate a Blazor-based UI and integrate authentication into Blazor WebAssembly apps.

A new F# compiler feature: graph-based type-checking

November 2, 2023 Nov 2, 2023 11/2/23

Florian Verdonck

Graph-based type-checking is a new F# compiler flag that allows the compiler to type-check files in a project in parallel whenever possible.

Trying out MongoDB with EF Core using Testcontainers

November 2, 2023 Nov 2, 2023 11/2/23

Arthur Vickers

An introduction to the MongoDB database provider for EF Core, including use of Testcontainers

.NET 8 Performance Improvements in .NET MAUI

October 31, 2023 Oct 31, 2023 10/31/23

Jonathan Peppers

What improvements did we bring to .NET MAUI in .NET 8? Click to find out more!

.NET Framework October 2023 Cumulative Update Preview

October 26, 2023 Oct 26, 2023 10/26/23

Tara Overfield

Today, we are releasing the October 2023 Cumulative Update Preview for .NET Framework. Quality and Reliability This release contains the following quality and reliability improvements. WPF1 1 Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) Getting the Update The Cumulative Update Preview is available via Windows Update and Microsoft Update...