Visual Studio Dev Essentials is a new free developer offering from Microsoft. A free membership to this program gives you access to a range of benefits including developer tools and services, training and support. This video provides an overview of some key benefits, including Visual Studio Community, Visual Studio Team Services, Pluralsight training, and HackHands live programming help 

• Custom tasks with default contextType via tasks.vs.json are broken in Open Folder.
• No snapshot created for C++ native code in Memory Usage tool in the Diagnostic Tools window while debugging.
• Crash in VS 16.1.0 when pressing the link "search online".
• Fixed the issue where sometimes certain features (i.e. Find All References) in LiveShare guest session do not work.
• Fixed an issue where the devenv.exe process could hang around after shutdown of Visual Studio for up to 30 seconds. 

This video shows how to create a microservice from scratch using .NET 5. You will learn:
• How to create a .NET 5 microservice from scratch
• Build and debug a .NET 5 project in VS Code
• Interact with your microservice endpoints via Open API and Postman
• Keep configuration and secrets separate from your service code
• Simplify http requests to external endpoints
• Deal with transient errors on external services
• Report the health of the service and its dependencies
• Produce logs suited for a microservice environment 

DARPA Wants All C Converted To Rust

After more than two decades of grappling with memory safety issues in C and C++, the software engineering community has reached a consensus. It’s not enough to rely on bug-finding tools. The preferred approach is to use “safe” programming languages that can reject unsafe programs at compile time, thereby preventing the emergence of memory safety issues.

This post is a collection of the available TypeScript types, examples of their usual use, and JavaScript outputs. 

<Project>
  <PropertyGroup>
    <AnalysisLevel>latest</AnalysisLevel>
    <AnalysisMode>AllEnabledByDefault</AnalysisMode>
    <CodeAnalysisTreatWarningsAsErrors>true</CodeAnalysisTreatWarningsAsErrors>
    <EnableNETAnalyzers>true</EnableNETAnalyzers>
    <EnforceCodeStyleInBuild>true</EnforceCodeStyleInBuild>
    <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
    <TreatWarningsAsErrors>true</TreatWarningsAsErrors>
    <RunAnalyzersDuringBuild>true</RunAnalyzersDuringBuild>
    <RunAnalyzersDuringLiveAnalysis>true</RunAnalyzersDuringLiveAnalysis>
    <!--
      CA2007: Consider calling ConfigureAwait on the awaited task
      MA0004: Use Task.ConfigureAwait(false) as the current SynchronizationContext is not needed
      CA1056: Change the type of property 'Url' from 'string' to 'System.Uri'
      CA1054: Change the type of parameter of the method to allow a Uri to be passed as a 'System.Uri' object
      CA1055: Change the return type of method from 'string' to 'System.Uri'
    -->
    <NoWarn>$(NoWarn);CA2007;CA1056;CA1054;CA1055;MA0004</NoWarn>
    <NoError>$(NoError);CA2007;CA1056;CA1054;CA1055;MA0004</NoError>
    <Deterministic>true</Deterministic>
    <Features>strict</Features>
    <ReportAnalyzer>true</ReportAnalyzer>
  </PropertyGroup>

  <ItemGroup>
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.NetAnalyzers" Version="5.0.1">
      <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
      <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
    </PackageReference>

    <PackageReference Include="Meziantou.Analyzer" Version="1.0.639">
      <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
      <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
    </PackageReference>

    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.VisualStudio.Threading.Analyzers" Version="16.8.55">
      <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
      <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
    </PackageReference>

    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.BannedApiAnalyzers" Version="3.3.2">
      <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
      <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
    </PackageReference>

    <PackageReference Include="AsyncFixer" Version="1.3.0">
      <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
      <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
    </PackageReference>

    <PackageReference Include="Asyncify" Version="0.9.7">
      <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
      <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
    </PackageReference>

    <PackageReference Include="ClrHeapAllocationAnalyzer" Version="3.0.0">
      <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
      <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
    </PackageReference>

    <PackageReference Include="SonarAnalyzer.CSharp" Version="8.16.0.25740">
      <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
      <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
    </PackageReference>
  </ItemGroup>

  <ItemGroup>
    <AdditionalFiles Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)BannedSymbols.txt" Link="Properties/BannedSymbols.txt" />
  </ItemGroup>
</Project>

# https://github.com/dotnet/roslyn-analyzers/blob/master/src/Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.BannedApiAnalyzers/BannedApiAnalyzers.Help.md
P:System.DateTime.Now;Use System.DateTime.UtcNow instead
P:System.DateTimeOffset.Now;Use System.DateTimeOffset.UtcNow instead
P:System.DateTimeOffset.DateTime;Use System.DateTimeOffset.UtcDateTime instead

[*.cs]

# MA0026 : Complete the task
dotnet_diagnostic.MA0026.severity = suggestion

# CA1308: In method 'urlToLower', replace the call to 'ToLowerInvariant' with 'ToUpperInvariant' (CA1308)
dotnet_diagnostic.CA1308.severity = suggestion

# CA1040: Avoid empty interfaces
dotnet_diagnostic.CA1040.severity = suggestion

# CA1829 Use the "Count" property instead of Enumerable.Count()
dotnet_diagnostic.CA1829.severity = suggestion

# Use 'Count' property here instead.
dotnet_diagnostic.S2971.severity = suggestion

# S1135 : Complete the task
dotnet_diagnostic.S1135.severity = suggestion

# S2479: Replace the control character at position 7 by its escape sequence
dotnet_diagnostic.S2479.severity = suggestion

# CA2007: Consider calling ConfigureAwait on the awaited task
dotnet_diagnostic.CA2007.severity = none

# MA0004: Use Task.ConfigureAwait(false) as the current SynchronizationContext is not needed
dotnet_diagnostic.MA0004.severity = none

# CA1056: Change the type of property 'Url' from 'string' to 'System.Uri'
dotnet_diagnostic.CA1056.severity = suggestion

# CA1054: Change the type of parameter of the method to allow a Uri to be passed as a 'System.Uri' object
dotnet_diagnostic.CA1054.severity = suggestion

# CA1055: Change the return type of method from 'string' to 'System.Uri'
dotnet_diagnostic.CA1055.severity = suggestion

# S4457: Split this method into two, one handling parameters check and the other handling the asynchronous code.
dotnet_diagnostic.S4457.severity = none

# AsyncFixer01: Unnecessary async/await usage
dotnet_diagnostic.AsyncFixer01.severity = suggestion

# AsyncFixer02: Long-running or blocking operations inside an async method
dotnet_diagnostic.AsyncFixer02.severity = error

# VSTHRD103: Call async methods when in an async method
dotnet_diagnostic.VSTHRD103.severity = error

# AsyncFixer03: Fire & forget async void methods
dotnet_diagnostic.AsyncFixer03.severity = error

# VSTHRD100: Avoid async void methods
dotnet_diagnostic.VSTHRD100.severity = error

# VSTHRD101: Avoid unsupported async delegates
dotnet_diagnostic.VSTHRD101.severity = error

# VSTHRD107: Await Task within using expression
dotnet_diagnostic.VSTHRD107.severity = error

# AsyncFixer04: Fire & forget async call inside a using block
dotnet_diagnostic.AsyncFixer04.severity = error

# VSTHRD110: Observe result of async calls
dotnet_diagnostic.VSTHRD110.severity = error

# VSTHRD002: Avoid problematic synchronous waits
dotnet_diagnostic.VSTHRD002.severity = suggestion

# MA0045: Do not use blocking call (make method async)
dotnet_diagnostic.MA0045.severity = suggestion

# AsyncifyInvocation: Use Task Async
dotnet_diagnostic.AsyncifyInvocation.severity = error

# AsyncifyVariable: Use Task Async
dotnet_diagnostic.AsyncifyVariable.severity = error

# VSTHRD111: Use ConfigureAwait(bool)
dotnet_diagnostic.VSTHRD111.severity = none

# MA0022: Return Task.FromResult instead of returning null
dotnet_diagnostic.MA0022.severity = error

# VSTHRD114: Avoid returning a null Task
dotnet_diagnostic.VSTHRD114.severity = error

# VSTHRD200: Use "Async" suffix for async methods
dotnet_diagnostic.VSTHRD200.severity = suggestion

# MA0040: Specify a cancellation token
dotnet_diagnostic.MA0032.severity = suggestion

# MA0040: Flow the cancellation token when available
dotnet_diagnostic.MA0040.severity = suggestion

# MA0079: Use a cancellation token using .WithCancellation()
dotnet_diagnostic.MA0079.severity = suggestion

# MA0080: Use a cancellation token using .WithCancellation()
dotnet_diagnostic.MA0080.severity = error

#AsyncFixer05: Downcasting from a nested task to an outer task.
dotnet_diagnostic.AsyncFixer05.severity = error

# ClrHeapAllocationAnalyzer ----------------------------------------------------
# HAA0301: Closure Allocation Source
dotnet_diagnostic.HAA0301.severity = suggestion

# HAA0601: Value type to reference type conversion causing boxing allocation
dotnet_diagnostic.HAA0601.severity = suggestion

# HAA0302: Display class allocation to capture closure
dotnet_diagnostic.HAA0302.severity = suggestion

# HAA0101: Array allocation for params parameter
dotnet_diagnostic.HAA0101.severity = suggestion

# HAA0603: Delegate allocation from a method group
dotnet_diagnostic.HAA0603.severity = suggestion

# HAA0602: Delegate on struct instance caused a boxing allocation
dotnet_diagnostic.HAA0602.severity = suggestion

# HAA0401: Possible allocation of reference type enumerator
dotnet_diagnostic.HAA0401.severity = silent

# HAA0303: Lambda or anonymous method in a generic method allocates a delegate instance
dotnet_diagnostic.HAA0303.severity = silent

# HAA0102: Non-overridden virtual method call on value type
dotnet_diagnostic.HAA0102.severity = silent

# HAA0502: Explicit new reference type allocation
dotnet_diagnostic.HAA0502.severity = none

# HAA0505: Initializer reference type allocation
dotnet_diagnostic.HAA0505.severity = silent

dotnet_diagnostic.CA1308.severity = suggestion

[SuppressMessage("Microsoft.Usage", "CA1052:Type 'Program' is a static holder type but is neither static nor NotInheritable",
  Justification = "We need it for our integration tests this way.")]
[SuppressMessage("Microsoft.Usage", "RCS1102:Type 'Program' is a static holder type but is neither static nor NotInheritable",
  Justification = "We need it for our integration tests this way.")]
[SuppressMessage("Microsoft.Usage", "S1118:Type 'Program' is a static holder type but is neither static nor NotInheritable",
  Justification = "We need it for our integration tests this way.")]
public class Program { }

NDepend reports that there are an additional 141,111 IL instructions. This represents 11.3% of the overall code base. 

Now the successor to Phalanger, Peachpie, is also able to run WordPress as a fully managed application on .NET and .NET Core.