📆Welcome to our March .NET Monthly Roundup with Jon Galloway! In just 3 minutes, Jon breaks down the latest news from the month of February 2024 that .NET developers need to know.
🔗All links: https://aka.ms/dnmr-2403
🌟.NET 9 Preview 2
➡️.NET 9 Preview 2 Discussion - https://github.com/dotnet/core/discussions/9217
➡️ASP.NET Core updates in .NET 9 Preview 2 - https://github.com/dotnet/aspnetcore/discussions/54503
➡️ASP.NET Core updates in .NET 9 Preview 2 Release Notes - https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/9.0/preview/preview2/aspnetcore.md
➡️EF Core updates in .NET 9 Preview 2 Release Notes - https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/9.0/preview/preview2/efcoreanddata.md
➡️.NET Aspire preview 4 - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/aspire/whats-new/preview-4
🧪Smart Components🧪
➡️Introducing .NET Smart Components - AI-powered UI controls - https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/introducing-dotnet-smart-components/
🤖AI Fun
➡️Get started with .NET 8 and AI using new quickstart tutorials - https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/get-started-with-dotnet-ai-quickstarts/
➡️Get Started with Milvus Vector DB in .NET - https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/get-started-milvus-vector-db-dotnet/
⚙️Visual Studio and Tools Updates
➡️Unity extension for Visual Studio Code - Now Generally Available - https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/unity-extension-for-visual-studio-code-now-generally-available/
➡️A new MSBuild editing experience - https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/experimental-msbuild-editor/
⚠️.NET 7 End of Support
➡️.NET 7 will reach End of Support on May 14, 2024 - https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/dotnet-7-end-of-support/
📺Top Video Recommendation
➡️Writing async/await from scratch in C# with Stephen Toub - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-z2Hv-7nxk
Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:18 .NET 9 Preview 2
00:59 Smart Components
01:45 AI Fun
02:20 Visual Studio and Tools Updates
02:30 .NET 7 End of Support
02:27 Top Video Recommendation
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