As promised , we announced the open sourcing of MSTest Test Framework “MSTest V2”. The community now has a fully supported, open source, cross-platform implementation of the MSTest V2 portfolio with which to write tests targeting .NET Framework, .NET Core and ASP.NET Core on Windows, Linux, and Mac. 

RyuJIT CTP5: Getting closer to shipping, and with better SIMD support 

A function for loading CSS asynchronously

Why loadCSS?

Referencing CSS stylesheets with link[rel=stylesheet] or @import causes browsers to delay page rendering while a stylesheet loads. When loading stylesheets that are not critical to the initial rendering of a page, this blocking behavior is undesirable. The new <link rel="preload"> standard enables us to load stylesheets asynchronously, without blocking rendering, and loadCSS provides a JavaScript polyfill for that feature to allow it to work across browsers. Additionally, loadCSS offers a separate (and optional) JavaScript function for loading stylesheets dynamically.

npm install fg-loadcss --save

private IList<int>? _idsList;
private IEnumerable<int>? _idsEnumerable;
private int[]? _idsArray;

[GlobalSetup]
public void Setup()
{
    _idsEnumerable = Enumerable.Range(0, 10000);
    _idsList = _idsEnumerable.ToList();
    _idsArray = _idsEnumerable.ToArray();
}

var list = _idsList ?? new List<int>();
if (list.Any() is false) { }

if (_idsList is null || _idsList.Any() is false) { }

if (_idsList == null || _idsList.Any() is false) { }

if (_idsList?.Any() is false) { }

if (_idsList is { Count: > 0 } is false) { }

if (_idsList?.Count == 0) { }

if (_idsList == null || _idsList.Count == 0) { }

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
  <PropertyGroup>
    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
    <TargetFramework>net5.0</TargetFramework>
    <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
    <TreatWarningsAsErrors>true</TreatWarningsAsErrors>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <PackageReference Include="BenchmarkDotNet" Version="0.12.1" />
  </ItemGroup>
</Project>

using BenchmarkDotNet.Running;

namespace AnyCountBenchmark
{
    public static class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
#if DEBUG
            System.Console.WriteLine("Please set the project's configuration to Release mode first.");
#else
            BenchmarkRunner.Run<Scenarios>();
#endif
        }
    }
}

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using BenchmarkDotNet.Attributes;
using BenchmarkDotNet.Jobs;
using BenchmarkDotNet.Order;

namespace AnyCountBenchmark
{
    [SimpleJob(RuntimeMoniker.NetCoreApp50)]
    [Orderer(SummaryOrderPolicy.FastestToSlowest, MethodOrderPolicy.Declared)]
    [RankColumn]
    public class Scenarios
    {
        private IList<int>? _idsList;
        private IEnumerable<int>? _idsEnumerable;
        private int[]? _idsArray;

        [GlobalSetup]
        public void Setup()
        {
            _idsEnumerable = Enumerable.Range(0, 10000);
            _idsList = _idsEnumerable.ToList();
            _idsArray = _idsEnumerable.ToArray();
        }

        #region Any_With_Null_coalescing
        [Benchmark]
        public void List_Any_With_Null_coalescing()
        {
            var list = _idsList ?? new List<int>();
            if (list.Any() is false) { }
        }

        [Benchmark]
        public void Array_Any_With_Null_coalescing()
        {
            var array = _idsArray ?? Array.Empty<int>();
            if (array.Any() is false) { }
        }

        [Benchmark]
        public void Enumerable_Any_With_Null_coalescing()
        {
            var enumerable = _idsEnumerable ?? Enumerable.Empty<int>();
            if (enumerable.Any() is false) { }
        }
        #endregion

        #region Any_With_Is_Null_Check
        [Benchmark]
        public void List_Any_With_Is_Null_Check()
        {
            if (_idsList is null || _idsList.Any() is false) { }
        }

        [Benchmark]
        public void Array_Any_With_Is_Null_Check()
        {
            if (_idsArray is null || _idsArray.Any() is false) { }
        }

        [Benchmark]
        public void Enumerable_Any_With_Is_Null_Check()
        {
            if (_idsEnumerable is null || _idsEnumerable.Any() is false) { }
        }
        #endregion

        #region Any_Any_With_Null_Equality_Check
        [Benchmark]
        public void List_Any_With_Null_Equality_Check()
        {
            if (_idsList == null || _idsList.Any() is false) { }
        }

        [Benchmark]
        public void Array_Any_With_Null_Equality_Check()
        {
            if (_idsArray == null || _idsArray.Any() is false) { }
        }

        [Benchmark]
        public void Enumerable_Any_With_Null_Equality_Check()
        {
            if (_idsEnumerable == null || _idsEnumerable.Any() is false) { }
        }
        #endregion

        #region Any_With_Null_Conditional_Operator
        [Benchmark]
        public void List_Any_With_Null_Conditional_Operator()
        {
            if (_idsList?.Any() is false) { }
        }

        [Benchmark]
        public void Array_Any_With_Null_Conditional_Operator()
        {
            if (_idsArray?.Any() is false) { }
        }

        [Benchmark]
        public void Enumerable_Any_With_Null_Conditional_Operator()
        {
            if (_idsEnumerable?.Any() is false) { }
        }
        #endregion

        #region Count_With_Pattern_Matching
        [Benchmark]
        public void List_Count_With_Pattern_Matching()
        {
            if (_idsList is { Count: > 0 } is false) { }
        }

        [Benchmark]
        public void Array_Length_With_Pattern_Matching()
        {
            if (_idsArray is { Length: > 0 } is false) { }
        }

        [Benchmark]
        public void Enumerable_Count_With_Pattern_Matching()
        {
            var list = _idsEnumerable?.ToList();
            if (list is { Count: > 0 } is false) { }
        }
        #endregion

        #region Count_With_Null_Conditional_Operator
        [Benchmark]
        public void List_Count_With_Null_Conditional_Operator()
        {
            if (_idsList?.Count == 0) { }
        }

        [Benchmark]
        public void Array_Length_With_Null_Conditional_Operator()
        {
            if (_idsArray?.Length == 0) { }
        }

        [Benchmark]
        public void Enumerable_Count_With_Null_Conditional_Operator()
        {
            if (_idsEnumerable?.Count() == 0) { }
        }
        #endregion

        #region Count_With_Null_Equality_Check
        [Benchmark]
        public void List_Count_With_Null_Equality_Check()
        {
            if (_idsList == null || _idsList.Count == 0) { }
        }

        [Benchmark]
        public void Array_Length_With_Null_Equality_Check()
        {
            if (_idsArray == null || _idsArray.Length == 0) { }
        }

        [Benchmark]
        public void Enumerable_Count_With_Null_Equality_Check()
        {
            if (_idsEnumerable == null || _idsEnumerable.Count() == 0) { }
        }
        #endregion
    }
}

.NET Core, the reinvention of the Microsoft .NET Framework as an open source, cross-platform development choice, is a key focus of the upcoming features planned for the Visual Studio IDE.

In conjunction with .NET Standard -- a spec detailing what .NET APIs should be available on all .NET implementations -- .NET Core retains compatibility with .NET Framework, Xamarin and Mono while letting developers use Windows, macOS or Linux machines to code for mobile, cloud and embedded/IoT projects.

While still primarily driven by Microsoft dev teams, .NET Core is hosted on a GitHub repository and is supported by the .NET Foundation, an independent organization created by Microsoft three years ago to improve its open source development and collaboration.

Peeking at the Visual Studio Roadmap (updated last week) reveals .NET Core figures prominently in upcoming functionality for the IDE, both in the near-term and long:  

Today we are publishing the latest stable release of Xamarin.Forms, version 5.0. This major release delivers hundreds of quality improvements and brings to stable release new features including App Themes, Brushes, CarouselView, RadioButton, Shapes and Paths, and SwipeView.