Richard Lander
CODE Author
Richard Lander is a Principal Program Manager on the .NET team at Microsoft. He works on making .NET work well in the cloud, in memory-limited Docker containers, and on ARM hardware like the Raspberry Pi. He’s part of the design team that defines new .NET runtime capabilities and features. Richard also focuses on making the .NET open source project a safe inclusive place for people to learn, do interesting projects, and develop their skills. He also writes extensively for the .NET blog. Richard reported for work at Microsoft in 2000, having just graduated from the University of Waterloo (Canada) with an Honors English degree, with intensive study areas in Computer Science and SGML/XML Markup Languages. In his spare time, he swims, bikes, and runs, and enjoys using power tools. He grew up in Canada and New Zealand.
Detailed Bio
Richard Lander is a Principal Program Manager on the .NET team at Microsoft. He works on making .NET work well in the cloud, in memory-limited Docker containers, and on ARM hardware like the Raspberry Pi. He’s part of the design team that defines new .NET runtime capabilities and features. Richard also focuses on making the .NET open source project a safe inclusive place for people to learn, do interesting projects, and develop their skills. He also writes extensively for the .NET blog. Richard reported for work at Microsoft in 2000, having just graduated from the University of Waterloo (Canada) with an Honors English degree, with intensive study areas in Computer Science and SGML/XML Markup Languages. In his spare time, he swims, bikes, and runs, and enjoys using power tools. He grew up in Canada and New Zealand.
Contact Information:
- Email: rlander@microsoft.com
Articles Authored
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.NET 5.0 Runtime Highlights
Last updated: Wednesday, August 31, 2022
Published in: CODE Focus Magazine: 2020 - Vol. 17 - Issue 1 - .NET 5.0
Learn about new .NET 5.0 projects: single file apps and ARM64. Single file apps enable you to create standalone, true xcopy, single-file executables. ARM64 projects let you build applications that will run faster on hardware that uses ARM chips (phones, Surface Pro X, the Samsung Galaxy Book S and the Apple Silicon-based Mac line).
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The Unified .NET 6
Last updated: Friday, October 29, 2021
Published in: CODE Focus Magazine: 2021 - Vol. 18 - Issue 1 - .NET 6.0
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.