.NET Core 2.1.6 is available for download and usage in your environment. This release includes .NET Core 2.1.6, ASP.NET Core 2.1.6 and .NET Core SDK 2.1.500. All fixes of note can be seen in the 2.1.6 commits list. 

You know that asynchronous programming makes your UI more responsive. Did you know that you can use the .NET Async tool to profile your async 
code? Diagnostics PM Sagar Shetty shows how to use this tool.  

The Open XML SDK provides tools for working with Office Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents. It supports scenarios such as:

• High-performance generation of word-processing documents, spreadsheets, and presentations.
• Document modification, such as adding, updating, and removing content and metadata.
• Search and replace content using regular expressions.
• Splitting up (shredding) a file into multiple files, and combining multiple files into a single file.
• Updating cached data and embedded spreadsheets for charts in Word/PowerPoint. 

Cryptography has crept into everything, from web browsers and email programs to cell phones, bank cards, cars and even into medical implants. Thus, an increasing number of people have to understand how crypto schemes work and how they can be used in practice. We wanted to create a book that teaches modern applied cryptography to readers with a technical background but without an education in pure mathematics.  

    public interface ITaskService
    {
        void Run();
    }

    public class MyTaskService : ITaskService
    {
        public void Run()
        {
            throw new InvalidOperationException("An exception from the MyTaskService!");
        }
    }

using System;
using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
namespace CoreIocServices
{
    public class MyTaskServiceDecorator : ITaskService
    {
        private readonly ILogger<MyTaskServiceDecorator> _logger;
        private readonly ITaskService _decorated;

        public MyTaskServiceDecorator(
            ILogger<MyTaskServiceDecorator> logger,
            ITaskService decorated)
        {
            _logger = logger;
            _decorated = decorated;
        }

        public void Run()
        {
            try
            {
                _decorated.Run();
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                _logger.LogCritical(ex, "An unhandled exception has been occurred.");
            }
        }
    }
}

namespace CoreIocSample02
{
    public class Startup
    {
        public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
            services.AddTransient<MyTaskService>();
            services.AddTransient<ITaskService>(serviceProvider =>
                new MyTaskServiceDecorator(
                     serviceProvider.GetService<ILogger<MyTaskServiceDecorator>>(),
                     serviceProvider.GetService<MyTaskService>())
            );

namespace CoreIocSample02
{
    public class Startup
    {
        public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
            services.AddTransient<ITaskService, MyTaskService>();
            services.Decorate<ITaskService, MyTaskServiceDecorator>();

What's new in this release?

• Full C#7.0 support
• .NET Core support

namespace CoreIocServices
{
    public interface IMessageService
    {
        void Send(string message);
    }

    public class EmailService : IMessageService
    {
        public void Send(string message)
        {
            // ...
        }
    }

    public class SmsService : IMessageService
    {
        public void Send(string message)
        {
            //todo: ...
        }
    }
}

namespace CoreIocSample02
{
    public class Startup
    {
        public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
            services.AddTransient<IMessageService, EmailService>();
            services.AddTransient<IMessageService, SmsService>();
        }

using CoreIocServices;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;

namespace CoreIocSample02.Controllers
{
    public class MessagesController : Controller
    {
        private readonly IMessageService _emailService;
        private readonly IMessageService _smsService;

        public MessagesController(IMessageService emailService, IMessageService smsService)
        {
            _emailService = emailService;
            _smsService = smsService;
        }
    }
}

using System.Collections.Generic;
using CoreIocServices;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;

namespace CoreIocSample02.Controllers
{
    public class MessagesController : Controller
    {
        private readonly IEnumerable<IMessageService> _messageServices;

        public MessagesController(IEnumerable<IMessageService> messageServices)
        {
            _messageServices = messageServices;
        }

var emailService = _messageServices.OfType<EmailService>().First();

var messageServices = serviceProvider.GetServices<IMessageService>();

namespace CoreIocServices
{
    public enum MessageServiceType
    {
        EmailService,
        SmsService
    }

namespace CoreIocSample02
{
    public class Startup
    {
        public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
            services.AddTransient<EmailService>();
            services.AddTransient<SmsService>();

namespace CoreIocSample02
{
    public class Startup
    {
        public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
            services.AddTransient<EmailService>();
            services.AddTransient<SmsService>();
            services.AddTransient<Func<MessageServiceType, IMessageService>>(serviceProvider => key =>
            {
                switch (key)
                {
                    case MessageServiceType.EmailService:
                        return serviceProvider.GetRequiredService<EmailService>();
                    case MessageServiceType.SmsService:
                        return serviceProvider.GetRequiredService<SmsService>();
                    default:
                        throw new NotImplementedException($"Service of type {key} is not implemented.");
                }
            });

namespace CoreIocSample02.Controllers
{
    public class MessagesController : Controller
    {
        private readonly Func<MessageServiceType, IMessageService> _messageServiceResolver;

        public MessagesController(Func<MessageServiceType, IMessageService> messageServiceResolver)
        {
            _messageServiceResolver = messageServiceResolver;
        }

public IActionResult Index()
{
   var emailService = _messageServiceResolver(MessageServiceType.EmailService);
   //use emailService ...
   return View();
}