It includes a chart control for Windows Forms, HTTP/2 support, GC updates to use less memory, support for CPU limits with Docker, the addition of PowerShell in .NET Core SDK Docker container images, and other improvements.  

Today we are making EF Core 2.2 Preview 3 available, together with a new preview of our data provider for Cosmos DB and updated spatial extensions for various providers. 

Add command 'listRemoteDockerProcess' and variable 'pickRemoteDockerProcess' (#4607, PR: #4617)
Ensure we only start one instance of OmniSharp server (PR: #4612)
Update OmniSharp version to 1.37.11
  Include timing info in logged responses (PR: omnisharp-roslyn#2173)
  Defend against null value in BuildErrorEventArgs (omnisharp-roslyn#2171, PR: omnisharp-roslyn#2172)
  Updated to all the latest .NET SDKs (PR: omnisharp-roslyn#2166)
  Add support for GoToDefinition on source-generated files (PR: omnisharp-roslyn#2170)
  Add V2 version of GotoDefinitionService (PR: omnisharp-roslyn#2168)
  avoid NRE when document is null (PR: omnisharp-roslyn#2163))

 

Version 7 of Angular — CLI Prompts, Virtual Scroll, Drag and Drop and more 

There are some really awesome new features—RTL!—that have been added in this release, and they’ve come with some important changes. 

We are happy to announce the availability of .NET 8, the latest LTS version of one of the world’s leading development platforms, starting today. .NET 8 delivers thousands of performance, stability, and security improvements, as well as platform and tooling enhancements that help increase developer productivity and speed of innovation 

• TLS 1.0: The request was aborted: Could not create SSL/TLS secure channel.
• Task List with filter set to Entire Solution doesnt display tasks/todos when the file is closed.
• Fatal error C1001: An internal error has occurred in the compiler.
• VS 2019 Preview 1 - EF6 edmx file cannot be saved.
• vcruntime140.dll should be made available on Microsoft Symbol Server.
• Static Analyser, Custom Rule Set (C++) does not execute included default sets.
• VS2019 Preview: Azure Function publishing does not work.
• References window does not remember its position.
• Missing formatting option for pointers and references.
• Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Client, Version=15.0.0.0 assembly not found when create a new web project. 

Several improvements to the update pipeline are now part of Preview 3, including:

• Improve SQL Server insertion logic (also make RETURNING the default INSERT strategy for retrieving db-generated values for other providers).
• Use RETURNING/OUTPUT clause for UPDATE/DELETE
• Refactor ReaderModificationCommandBatch
• Reimplement MaxBatchSize as a pre-check  

• Delete option is missing from solution explorer context menu in Xamarin Forms Android projects.
• Xamarin.Android: Can't select target framework 28 in Android Manifest settings.
• Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.PageInspector.Loader, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.
• "There was an error running the selected code generator" when trying to create a new view.
• Android Berechtigungsliste ist leer-Android permission list is empty.
• Missing icons for .axml files in Visual Studio 2019.
• axml icons are not displayed.
• Visual Studio extensions may fail to install attempting to overwrite core NuGet files.
• C# switch statement on a constant expression may produce bad compiler errors. 

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