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Aug 29, 2017
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The week in .NET – Let’s Encrypt Web App Renewer, Seattle CodeCamp 2017

Bertrand Le Roy
Bertrand Le Roy

Previous posts: Open-source project of the week: Let's Encrypt Azure Web App Renewer There's a growing consensus that all web sites should transition now to be encrypted with HTTPS. This comes at a cost, and with the friction associated with acquiring and renewing certificates. The problem of cost is now addressed by Let's Encrypt, but the fri...

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Aug 25, 2017
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UWP & .NET Standard 2.0: A preview is now available!

Immo Landwerth
Immo Landwerth

Today, we released the first Preview of Visual Studio 2017 version 15.4. This includes an update to the UWP tooling that supports .NET Standard 2.0. In this post, I'll outline what this means for UWP development with .NET. Prerequisites In order to use .NET Standard 2.0 in UWP, you need to target Fall Creators Update (FCU) as the minimum version ...

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Aug 25, 2017
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Mobile Apps with Xamarin.Forms: Architecture and Patterns guidance

Cesar De la Torre
Cesar De la Torre

As part of the series of posts announced at this initial blog post (.NET Application Architecture Guidance) that explores each of the architecture areas currently covered by our team, this current blog post focuses on "Mobile Apps with Xamarin.Forms: Architecture and Patterns guidance". Just as a reminder, the four introductory blog posts of thi...

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Aug 25, 2017
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ASP.NET Core 2.0 Features

Glenn Condron [MSFT]
Glenn Condron [MSFT]

Last week we announced the release of ASP.NET Core 2.0 and described some top new features, including Razor Pages, new and updated templates, and Application Insights integration. In this blog post we are going to dig into more details of features in 2.0. This list is not exhaustive or in any particular order, but highlights a number of interesting...

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Aug 23, 2017
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The week in .NET – Project File Tools, Maira Wenzel, Mixed Reality in Miami, and links!

Bertrand Le Roy
Bertrand Le Roy

Previous posts: Visual Studio extension of the week: Project File Tools The Project File Tools Visual Studio extension provides package name and version IntelliSense, tooltips for packages, and more, when editing a file in Visual Studio. The extension just got updated. Get it from the Visual Studio Marketplace. Interview of the wee...

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Aug 18, 2017
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.NET Framework Update for AppContext

Rich Lander [MSFT]
Rich Lander [MSFT]

A new update for .NET Framework is now available for the AppContext class. The behavior of the AppContext class was recently regressed. The update returns the class to the correct behavior. This update affects the .NET Framework 4.6 and later. The update is not required on Windows 10. The AppContext class was introduced in the .NET Framework 4.6. ...

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Aug 16, 2017
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.NET Framework August 2017 Preview of Quality Rollup

Rich Lander [MSFT]
Rich Lander [MSFT]

The August 2017 Preview of Quality Rollup is now available. Quality and Reliability This release contains the following quality and reliability improvements. ASP.NET CLR Management Windows Forms WCF WPF Note: Additional information on these improvements is not available. The VSTS bug numb...

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Aug 15, 2017
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What’s Nu in NuGet with Visual Studio 2017 version 15.3?

Anand Gaurav
Anand Gaurav

We are happy to announce an update to the NuGet client that comes bundled with Visual Studio 2017 version 15.3 RTW and .NET Core 2.0 SDK. This release introduces support for new scenarios such as .NET Core 2.0/.NET Standard 2.0, some new features, a series of bug fixes and performance improvements. You can see more details, known issues, and workar...

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Aug 15, 2017
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The week in .NET – .NET Core 2.0, ASP.NET Core 2.0, Entity Framework Core 2.0, Visual Studio 2017 Update 3, enterprise Entity Framework Core in Boston, and links!

Bertrand Le Roy
Bertrand Le Roy

Previous posts: .NET Core 2.0, ASP.NET Core 2.0, Entity Framework 2.0, and Visual Studio 2017 Update 3 launched! This is a week to celebrate for the .NET community, as .NET Core 2.0, ASP.NET Core 2.0, and Entity Framework 2.0 shipped! We're also getting an update to Visual Studio 2017 with lots of improvements for .NET Core developers. Read th...

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Aug 14, 2017
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F# and .NET Core Roadmap Update

Phillip Carter
Phillip Carter

Now that .NET Core 2.0 has been released, we wanted to take some time to talk about F# and .NET Core. F# and .NET Core 1.0 F# has been supported on .NET Core and .NET Standard since their 1.0 releases. In the months leading up to the release of .NET Core 1.0, Enrico Sada from the F# community worked with us and other teams at Microsoft to add supp...

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