What's New in Blazor for .NET 8
Come find out about the future of Blazor in .NET 8! We'll explore all the upcoming features and improvements, including our effort to create a unified full stack web UI programming model that combines the strengths of client and server. We hope to see you there!

You will learn:
How Blazor is becoming the best option for full stack web development
How Blazor in .NET 8 will provide full flexibility to build web apps however works best for you
How to try out the latest Blazor features in .NET 8
 

namespace CS8Tests;

public class InterceptorsSample
{
    public string GetText(string text)
    {
        return $"{text}, World!";
    }
}

namespace System.Runtime.CompilerServices;

[AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Method, AllowMultiple = true, Inherited = false)]
public sealed class InterceptsLocationAttribute : Attribute
{
    public InterceptsLocationAttribute(string filePath, int line, int character)
    {
    }
}

using CS8Tests;

var example = new InterceptorsSample();
var text = example.GetText("Hello");
Console.WriteLine(text); //Hello, World!

using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;

namespace CS8Tests;

public static class MyInterceptor
{
    [InterceptsLocation("C:\\Path\\To\\CS8Tests\\Program.cs", 4, 20)] 
    public static string InterceptorMethod(this InterceptorsSample example, string text)
    {
        return $"{text}, DNT!";
    }
}

 error CS9137: The 'interceptors' experimental feature is not enabled in this namespace. Add
'<InterceptorsPreviewNamespaces>$(InterceptorsPreviewNamespaces);CS8Tests</InterceptorsPreviewNamespaces>'
to your project.

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
  <PropertyGroup>
    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
    <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
    <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
    <!--<NoWarn>Test001</NoWarn>-->
    <InterceptorsPreviewNamespaces>$(InterceptorsPreviewNamespaces);CS8Tests</InterceptorsPreviewNamespaces>
  </PropertyGroup>
</Project>

Hello, DNT!

using CS8Tests;
using System;
using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;

[CompilerGenerated]
internal class Program
{
  private static void <Main>$(string[] args)
  {
    Console.WriteLine(new InterceptorsSample().InterceptorMethod("Hello"));
  }

  public Program()
  {
    base..ctor();
  }
}

app.MapGet("/products", handler: (int? page, int? pageLength, MyDb db) => { ... })

.NET 8 Preview 1 is now available! This is the first preview of the next major version of .NET, which will include the next wave of innovations for web development with ASP.NET Core.

In .NET 8 we plan to make broad investments across ASP.NET Core. Below are some of the areas we plan to focus on: 

You can use the Themes of .NET Tool (themesof.net) to identify roadmaps and progress on various .NET releases. 

.NET 8 is shaping up to be a significant release for Blazor, and there’s one big reason why. 

.NET Conf 2023 - Celebrating the Release of .NET 8! - Save the Date! 

.NET 8 Preview 3 is now available. It includes changes to build paths, workloads, Microsoft.Extensions, and containers. It also includes performance improvements in the JIT, for Arm64, and dynamic PGO. If you missed the March preview, you may want to read the Preview 2 post. 

A .NET guideline specifies that an application should never throw a NullReferenceException. However, many applications and libraries do. The NullReferenceException is the most common exception happening. That’s why C# 8 tries to get rid of it. With C# 8, reference types are not null be default. This is a big change, and a great feature. However, what about all the legacy code? Can old libraries be used with C# 8 applications, and can C# 7 applications make use of C# 8 libraries?

This article demonstrates how C# 8 allows mixing old and new assemblies. 

using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;

namespace CS8Tests;

[Experimental(diagnosticId: "Test001")]
public class ExperimentalAttributeDemo
{
    public void Print()
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Hello Experimental Attribute");
    }
}

var experimentalAttributeDemo = new ExperimentalAttributeDemo();

error Test001: 'CS8Tests.ExperimentalAttributeDemo' is for evaluation purposes only
and is subject to change or removal in future updates. Suppress this diagnostic to proceed.

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
  <PropertyGroup>
    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
    <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
    <Nullable>enable</Nullable>

    <NoWarn>Test001</NoWarn>
  </PropertyGroup>
</Project>

#pragma warning disable Test001
var demo = new ExperimentalAttributeDemo();
#pragma warning restore Test001

using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;

namespace CS8Tests;

[Experimental(diagnosticId: "Test001")]
public class ExperimentalAttributeDemo
{
    [Experimental(diagnosticId: "Test002")]
    public void Print()
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Hello Experimental Attribute");
    }
}

var demo = new ExperimentalAttributeDemo();
demo.Print();

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
  <PropertyGroup>
    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
    <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
    <Nullable>enable</Nullable>

    <NoWarn>Test001,Test002</NoWarn>
  </PropertyGroup>
</Project>

#pragma warning disable Test001,Test002
var demo = new ExperimentalAttributeDemo();
demo.Print();
#pragma warning restore Test001,Test002