Userware today announced a new version of XAML.io, its browser-based IDE for .NET development built on top of the open source framework OpenSilver. The two main capabilities being added in XAML.io 0.6 are the ability to share code using a URL and support for NuGet packages. Developers will now be able to share a link … continue reading
Typemock has released the latest version of its .NET unit testing mocking tool, Isolator, adding support for .NET 10 and the Visual Studio 2026 Insiders build. According to the company, this expanded support enables developers to utilize their existing test suites while leveraging the latest .NET features. “Our goal with Isolator 9.4 was to remove … continue reading
Microsoft has announced the release of .NET 10, the latest Long Term Support (LTS) release of .NET that will receive support for the next three years. As such, Microsoft is encouraging development teams to migrate their production applications to this version to take advantage of that extended support window. This release features several performance improvements … continue reading
Microsoft has been adding several new diagnostics features to Copilot in Visual Studio for .NET to make the debugging process easier. “The same tools you rely on are now able to keep up with you, identify issues more quickly, offer context-smart fixes, and help you move from asking ‘why is this broken?’ to ‘oh, I … continue reading
Microsoft has announced the release of .NET Aspire 9.4, which the company says is the largest update yet. .NET Aspire is a set of tools, templates, and packages that Microsoft provides to enable developers to build distributed apps with observability built in. With this release, Aspire’s CLI is now generally available and includes four core … continue reading
A new version of OpenSilver, an open source UI framework for building .NET applications in C# and XAML, has just been released. OpenSilver 3.2 integrates .NET MAUI Hybrid, which will enable Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)-compatible apps to be made for mobile and web from a single codebase. According to the company, the benefits of this … continue reading
The Linux-focused security company TuxCare is attempting to alleviate issues caused by .NET 6.0 end of life — which happened in November — by offering its Endless Lifecycle Support for .NET solution. Available for both Windows and Linux, the new offering will enable development teams to keep working with .NET 6.0 in a secure and … continue reading
.NET 9 is now available, and with it comes a number of performance improvements and new functionality to support developers building with AI. According to Microsoft, this release features over 1,000 performance updates, one of which is that the Server GC has been altered to adapt to application memory requirements instead of the resources available … continue reading
Uno Platform 5.3 is now available, adding over 350 new improvements to the cross-platform .NET development tool. According to the product team, the most notable change in this release is that JetBrains .NET IDE Rider is now officially supported. Previously, Rider could be used with Uno, but it required several setup steps to get started. … continue reading
Userware, the company behind OpenSilver, an open-source .NET UI framework, have announced the release of OpenSilver 3.0. The update introduces an AI-based UI editor (still in preview), a drag-and-drop UI designer, and an online XAML designer. The new AI-powered UI editor will allow developers to create applications or make changes to specific UI elements using … continue reading
Microsoft has announced that OpenAI has created an official library for .NET for the OpenAI API. It includes full support for the OpenAI API, including Assistants v2 and Chat Completions, as well as the latest model, GPT-4o. With the release of this library, developers will now be able to build their own libraries on top … continue reading
At Microsoft Build, Microsoft unveiled updates across the .NET ecosystem, including AI innovations, new features for cloud-native development, general availability of .NET Aspire, and more capabilities in the upcoming .NET 9. Microsoft and OpenAI’s ongoing partnership has resulted in the creation of an official OpenAI .NET library, which will be available in a few weeks. … continue reading
