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Microsoft Releases .NET 9 Preview 5
Last month, Microsoft released the fifth preview of .NET 9. This preview brings performance improvements and features such as enhanced AI capabilities, prioritized unbounded channel, substring searching with SearchValues, and more flexible active linking in OpenTelemetry.
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.NET 9 MAUI Preview 5: New Blazor Project Template, Android 15 Beta 2 Support
Microsoft released .NET 9 Preview 5 on June 11th 2024. This update brings a .NET MAUI Blazor Hybrid and Web App project template, Android API 35 Beta 2 support, and some performance and app size optimizations on the Android platform.
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.NET Upgrade Assistant Introduces Third-Party API and Package Map Support
.NET Upgrade Assistant tool received an update introducing Third-Party API and Package Map Support. This should help developers simplify the upgrade process by identifying and replacing outdated third-party APIs and packages with their updated versions. Microsoft states that the new feature aims to ease transitions between platforms, such as from UWP to WinUI or from Xamarin Forms to .NET MAUI.
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Microsoft Releases Visual Studio 17.10.2
Last month, Microsoft released an update for Visual Studio 2022 version 17.10 for Windows. The new release contains multiple performance enhancements, such as quicker loading for Windows Forms designer and .NET solution, and reduced DLL overhead in specific scenarios. The second preview of the next Visual Studio 2022 (version 17.11) was also released, focusing on quality-of-life enhancements.
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ASP.NET Core 9 Preview 5: Static Web Optimization, Blazor Additions, New Project Template and More
Microsoft released .NET 9 Preview 5, introducing significant enhancements to ASP.NET Core. This update focuses on optimizing static web asset delivery and improving the Blazor Server reconnection experience, alongside new features for runtime detection of component render modes and various other improvements to the platform.
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NET MAUI Community Toolkit 9.0.0 Fixes Bugs, Adds CameraView
On May 3rd, 2024, Microsoft released version 9.0.0 of their open-source .NET MAUI Community Toolkit. The new version improves the usage of the CompareConverter class and adds several bug fixes, one of which is a breaking change. The version was followed by out-of-band additions to the toolkit.
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OpenAI Releases Official .NET Library
Last week, OpenAI unveiled the first beta version of its official .NET library, which is available as a NuGet package for .NET developers to try. This release follows Microsoft's announcement at the Build 2024 conference, highlighting their collaboration with OpenAI to enhance the .NET ecosystem with advanced AI capabilities.
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JetBrains Aqua IDE for Test Automation Now Generally Available
Aqua, the first IDE for test automation, is now generally available. The IDE supports multiple languages and major testing frameworks like Selenium and Cypress. JetBrains introduces a new licensing model with Free Individual Non-Commercial and Paid Commercial plans. Additionally, Aqua is included in the All Products Pack.
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VisualStudio.Extensibility 17.10: Diagnostics Explorer, XAML Support and More
The VisualStudio.Extensibility team has released several updates, including the new Diagnostics Explorer for debugging extensions and support for XAML resources. The update also includes file and directory picker prompts and the TrackUpdatesAsync() method, enabling more efficient tracking and management of project changes.
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MSTest 3.4 Release: Improved Analyzers, WinUI, Playwright and Aspire Support Added
Microsoft released a new version of MSTest, a testing framework for .NET. Version 3.4 introduces a couple of improvements, bug fixes, and new features. Key updates include improvements to MSTest.Analyzers, MSTest.Sdk, and MSTest.Runner, along with added support for WinUI applications.
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Microsoft Build 2024 Unveils .NET 9: Tensor<T>, OpenAI Collaboration, and .NET Aspire
At Microsoft Build 2024, .NET 9 was unveiled, introducing features such as the Tensor<T> type for deep learning and collaboration with OpenAI for GPT4o and Assistants v2. This release also brings .NET Aspire, streamlining cloud-native app development. Updates extend across ASP.NET Core, Blazor, and .NET MAUI, with C# 13 enhancing flexibility and performance.
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SharePoint Embedded Empowers ISVs to Integrate M365 Features in Apps
Microsoft released SharePoint Embedded on May 21st, 2024. SharePoint Embedded is a headless API for building apps that leverage full spectrum Microsoft 365 collaborative features. This feature is specifically targeted to independent software vendors (ISVs) who build apps.
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.NET 8+ on Ubuntu 24.04: Official Release with Collaborative Support
Ubuntu 24.04 has launched with a .NET release available from day one in the official Ubuntu feeds, making it immediately usable. Container images for .NET 8+ are available, including noble, noble-chiseled, and noble-chiseled-extra flavors. Additionally, .NET 6 and 7 are accessible through the dotnet/backports repository.
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OpenSilver 2.2 Migrates LightSwitch Applications
The latest version of OpenSilver 2.2, a remake of Microsoft's retired Silverlight web application framework, includes support for migrating applications created with Visual Studio LightSwitch that targeted Silverlight.
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ASP.NET Core Updates in .NET 9 Preview 4: Support for OpenAPI Doc Generation, HybridCache and More
Microsoft released .NET 9 Preview 4 which contains features regarding ASP.NET Core: built-in support for OpenAPI document generation, HybridCache API, and adding static SSR pages to a globally-interactive Blazor Web app. There is also an improvement implemented to avoid 503 errors during an app recycle in IIS.