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Improvements & Changes in Android resource generation in .NET 8

November 20, 2023 Nov 20, 2023 11/20/23

Dean Ellis

In .NET 8 we have made some vast improvements in changes to how Android resources work in regards to the designer assembly. If you are building Android apps and libraries there are some important changes to know about.

Introducing .NET Aspire: Simplifying Cloud-Native Development with .NET 8

November 14, 2023 Nov 14, 2023 11/14/23

Glenn Condron [MSFT]

Introducing .NET Aspire: A cloud ready stack for building observable, production ready, distributed applications

Announcing C# 12

November 14, 2023 Nov 14, 2023 11/14/23

Kathleen Dollard

Announcing the official release of C# 12, including collection expressions, primary constructors, and more!

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.