2021 - Vol. 18 - Issue 1 - .NET 6.0
Welcome to our CODE FOCUS issue for .NET 6. The .NET Team calls this the Unified .NET 6 release. It's all one development environment with a cross-platform model now. Plus, Microsoft is releasing Visual Studio 2022, which is 64-bit. Performance and development is faster; your productivity will improve significantly. Visual Studio helps you enforce better coding style. IntelliSense, which was already amazing, gets better with IntelliCode, powered by AI. You'll have to do some work to upgrade some parts of your previous projects to .NET 6, and to help you, there's the .NET Upgrade Assistant. C# gets better, EF Core is amazing! Blazor gets better, and the new HOT is .NET MAUI. For power users, check out Power Apps; applications in the cloud without coding.
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.NET Focus Features Fabulous Features
Rod reflects on this being the third CODE Focus issue he has managed and highlights some of the great articles about .NET 6 in this issue.
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The Unified .NET 6
There were many lessons learned as the .NET team released .NET 5 during the lockdown with an all-remote team. Rich shows how those lessons carried into .NET 6 with major performance improvements, multiple operating system scenarios for building client apps, support for Apple Silicon chips, and faster and more responsive development tools.
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Bring Your .NET Apps Forward with the .NET Upgrade Assistant
Now that you’re using all the shiny new tools in .NET 6, you need to make sure that the rest of your .NET Framework is keeping up. Mike shows you how the new Upgrade Assistant does some of that work for you; but you'll have some work to do yourself.
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Visual Studio 2022 Productivity
VS 2022 is finally 64-bit! Mika shows you how, with enhanced speed, AI coding assistance, expanded productivity tools, and streamlined team collaboration, you’ll find this new version improving your workdays.
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Essential C# 10.0: Making it Simpler
It’s time for the annual release of C# vNext. Mark shows you how it’s streamlined in some ways and tightened in others. In fact, he thinks it will mark a sea change in how C# devs write code.
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What’s New in ASP.NET Core in .NET 6
You already know that ASP.NET Core provides everything you need to build great Web UIs and powerful back-end services. Daniel shows how you can build rich interactive client Web UIs using all your favorite interactivity tools, standards-based HTTP APIs, real-time services, and back-end services.
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EF Core 6: Fulfilling the Bucket List
EF Core just gets better and better. Julie shows you how the development team listened to the community for this latest release as she explores all the cool new tools.
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An Introduction to .NET MAUI
You’ve been using Xamarin for years. Steven shows how the .NET Multi-platform App UI (.NET MAUI) hasn't just kept up with everything, but how it compares with the old Xamarin.Forms.
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Blazor Hybrid Web Apps with .NET MAUI
You’ve been waiting for MAUI, and now it’s here! Ed takes you on a tour and shows you how easy it is to code for the Web, desktops, and mobiles, all using the skills you already have.
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Power Up Your Power Apps with .NET 6 and Azure
Power Apps help design and specify how a mobile app will function without having to know all those troublesome details of being a professional coder. Come along as Brady walks you through .NET 6’s new ASP.NET Core Minimal APIs, then publishes the app to Azure App Service, imports it into Azure API Managements, and secures it with Microsoft Identity Platform.