Issue: 2019 - Vol. 16 - Issue 1 - .NET Core 3.0

  • Rod is just as excited as everyone else about all the new tools in .NET Core 3.0.
  • If you thought Visual Studio was a great tool before, you’re going to go nuts about the latest release. Mika and Kendra talk about the changes that they’re most excited about.
  • In her article, Olia Gavrysh explains the significant advancements brought by .NET Core 3 for Windows desktop applications, highlighting the ability to build Windows Forms and WPF apps on .NET Core with new features like XAML Islands, MSIX packaging, and enhanced deployment options. She guides developers through migrating existing .NET Framework apps to .NET Core, addressing compatibility challenges and showcasing tools like Portability Analyzer and Try Convert. Addition...See More
  • Machine Learning doesn’t have to be the big scary monster lurking in the dark. Bri and Cesar show you how Microsoft’s ML.NET lets you design your own models specific to your deployment context and needs even if you’ve never played with ML before.
  • Blazor is a new Web framework that uses .NET Core’s architecture, essentially combining the simplicity of Razor with .NET Core concepts. Ed shows you how to get the most from this great tool.
  • The latest release of Entity Framework gets it geared up for some big future changes. Julie shows you that the changes are nothing to sneeze at.
  • Get ready for an exciting list (and examples) as Shawn explores the new tools in ASP.NET Core 3.0.
  • If you’ve been putting off using VS on the Mac, you’ll be excited by Ben’s experience with the new release. It’s got all the whistles and bells you know and love and it makes some tasks even easier than you’d expect.
  • If you need access to native platforms, you’re going to want to see what Ryan has to say about Xamarin.Forms. He’ll show you that migration isn’t the pain you thought it might be.
  • You’ve been programming in C# for a while now, and you know that you need bidirectional streaming with low latency and high throughput. Google’s remote procedure call offering (gRPC) has what you need, and Magnus shows you why.
  • Mark Michaelis surveys the key additions in C# 8.0—most notably nullable reference types, async streams, and enhanced pattern matching—explaining their semantics, compiler behavior, and practical impact; he argues nullable reference types are the most consequential change (and recommends enabling them incrementally), shows how IAsyncEnumerable and await foreach enable asynchronous iteration, and highlights new pattern forms (property, tuple, positional, recursive) while ...See More