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Introducing links to source code for .NET API Docs

May 27, 2024 May 27, 2024 05/27/24

.NET API reference docs now link directly to the source code! Learn how the links are generated, and some of ideas for future improvements.

.NET Announcements and Updates from Microsoft Build 2024

May 21, 2024 May 21, 2024 05/21/24

.NET Team

Our latest updates and announcements from Microsoft Build including .NET Aspire, .NET 9 Preview 4, C# 13, Blazor, .NET MAUI, and more!

What is .NET, and why should you choose it?

February 14, 2023 Feb 14, 2023 02/14/23

.NET Team

.NET has changed a lot over the last few years. Learn why you should choose it for your next project.

Regular Expression Improvements in .NET 7

May 12, 2022 May 12, 2022 05/12/22

Stephen Toub - MSFT

System.Text.RegularExpressions has improved significantly in .NET 7. In this post, we'll deep-dive into many of its exciting improvements.

Go To Definition improvements for external source in Roslyn

March 22, 2022 Mar 22, 2022 03/22/22

David Wengier

An in depth look at improvements to Go To Definition (and Go To Implementation, and Go To Base, etc.) allowing you to navigate to source code that isn't in your current solution, but instead comes from external dependencies.

HTTP/3 support in .NET 6

September 17, 2021 Sep 17, 2021 09/17/21

Sam Spencer

See how to use HTTP/3 in your apps built using .NET 6.

File IO improvements in .NET 6

September 1, 2021 Sep 1, 2021 09/1/21

Adam Sitnik

High-performance File IO

Understanding the cost of C# delegates

August 18, 2021 Aug 18, 2021 08/18/21

Paulo Morgado

Delegates are widely used in C# (and .NET, in general), but it's not always obvious to the developer what code they write ends up generating. In this post, I'll show the various forms to make you aware of their costs.

Performance Improvements in .NET 6

August 17, 2021 Aug 17, 2021 08/17/21

Stephen Toub - MSFT

.NET 6 is chock-full of exciting performance improvements.

Preview Features in .NET 6 – Generic Math

August 10, 2021 Aug 10, 2021 08/10/21

Tanner Gooding [MSFT]

If you’ve ever wanted to use operators with generic types or thought that interfaces could be improved by supporting the ability to define static methods as part of their contract, then this blog post is for you. With .NET 6 we will be shipping a preview of the new generic math and static abstracts in interfaces features.

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