Microsoft .NET

Microsoft unveils framework for building agentic AI apps

Open-source Microsoft Agent Framework allows developers to build complex multi-agent workflows using .NET or Python, according to the company.

By Paul Krill

Oct 2, 20252 mins

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.NET Aspire 9.4 boasts CLI core commands, AI integrations

Described as a major release, .NET Aspire 9.4 features a set of CLI core commands for building cloud-ready, distributed apps and AI hosting integrations.

By Paul Krill

Aug 1, 2025 3 mins

Development ToolsMicrosoft .NETSoftware Deployment

How to use Dapper Plus in .NET Core

Take advantage of Dapper Plus in to speed up bulk data operations and improve the performance and efficiency of your .NET Core applications.

By Joydip Kanjilal

Jul 25, 2025 8 mins

C#Development Libraries and FrameworksMicrosoft .NET

MCP C# SDK updated to support latest Model Context Protocol spec

Update to the MCP SDK for C# brings an improved authentication protocol, elicitation support, structured tool output, and support for resource links in tool responses.

By Paul Krill

Jul 23, 2025 2 mins

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.NET 10 Preview 6 brings JIT improvements, one-shot tool execution

Latest preview of the next version of .NET also introduces enhancements for JSON, Blazor WebAssembly, ASP.NET Core, .NET MAUI, and .NET tools.

By Paul Krill

Jul 16, 2025 3 mins

Development Libraries and FrameworksMicrosoft .NETSoftware Development

How to inline methods using MethodImplAttribute in C#

Take advantage of the MethodImplAttribute class in C# to inline methods and improve the execution speed of your .NET applications.

By Joydip Kanjilal

Jul 10, 2025 9 mins

Development Libraries and FrameworksMicrosoft .NETSoftware Development

How to use route constraints in ASP.NET Core minimal APIs

Take advantage of route constraints in minimal APIs to prevent unwanted requests from reaching your action methods and improve the security and performance of your ASP.NET Core applications.

By Joydip Kanjilal

Jun 26, 2025 9 mins

C#Development Libraries and FrameworksMicrosoft .NET

.NET 10 Preview 5 highlights C# 14, runtime improvements

The latest .NET preview release includes user-defined compound assignment operators for C# 14 and an extension to JIT compiler escape analysis in the .NET runtime.

By Paul Krill

Jun 12, 2025 3 mins

C#Microsoft .NETProgramming Languages

How to use frozen collections in C#

The FrozenSet and FrozenDictionary classes introduced in .NET 8 are immutable collections optimized for fast look-ups. Here’s how to take advantage of them.

By Joydip Kanjilal

Jun 12, 2025 11 mins

C#Development Libraries and FrameworksMicrosoft .NET

C# 14 introduces file-based apps

New capability in .NET 10 Preview 4 allows developers to run a stand-alone C# file directly, without requiring a project file or project structure.

By Paul Krill

Jun 3, 2025 2 mins

C#Microsoft .NETProgramming Languages

.NET Aspire update includes AI debugging via GitHub Copilot

.NET Aspire 9.3 also boasts dashboard improvements for resource tracing and easier access to a resource’s telemetry, commands, URLs, and more.

By Paul Krill

May 23, 2025 3 mins

Development ToolsGenerative AIMicrosoft .NET

How to add user context to request traces in ASP.NET Core

User context makes life easier when tracing Http requests in ASP.NET Core applications. It’s easy to add with custom middleware.

By Joydip Kanjilal

May 22, 2025 7 mins

C#Development Libraries and FrameworksMicrosoft .NET

Visual Studio previews agent mode for multi-step coding tasks

GitHub Copilot agent mode in Visual Studio 2022 17.14 can create apps from scratch, refactor code across multiple files, write and run tests, and apply code changes iteratively, Microsoft said.

By Paul Krill

May 16, 2025 3 mins

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