• Fixed a bug that caused Code Analysis to stop running on some C++ projects.
• Fixed a bug in the Schema Compare Tool where adding tables with an empty schema failed but was shown as successful.
• Fixed a TypeScript build issue when the selected language version is lower than the latest installed.
• Fixed a Database unresolved reference to object error.
• Improved performance issues on loading Visual Studio.
• Fixed known issue: No snapshot created for C++ native code in Memory Usage tool in the Diagnostic Tools window while debugging.. 

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
    }
}

For those who don’t know, the Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF) is alive and well, and has been ported to .NET Core as Microsoft.Composition.

First, the decoupling of .NET from Windows
Second, the newfound focus on CLR performance
Third, moving .NET’s tooling to a cross-platform model
Fourth, the .NET user base is embracing the OSS ecosystem as a whole
Fifth, in general the direction on .NET development is pushing users further down into the details of the stack
Sixth, Microsoft’s platform work being done out in the open

Today, the Entity Framework Core team announces the second preview release of EF Core 6.0. This release includes changes to handling the synchronization context when SaveChangesAsync is called, smoother integration with System.Linq.Async, updates to string concatenation and improvements to free text search. 

In this particular example (Windows 10 with SSD drive with BitLocker enabled) reading 1 MB file is now 2.5 times faster, while writing is 5.5 times faster.
The memory allocations dropped from 39 kilobytes to 192 bytes! This is a 99.5% improvement! 

Issues Fixed in 15.9.1

These are the issues addressed in 15.9.1:

• Fixed a bug where Visual Studio would fail to build projects using the Microsoft Xbox One XDK.

Details of What's New in 15.9.1

Universal Windows Platform Development SDK

The Windows 10 October 2018 Update SDK (build 17763) is now the default selected SDK for the Universal Windows Platform development workload.

The main change in this release is a security fix, and it’s possible you will need to change your own code to adapt. Here’s why: jQuery used a regex in its jQuery.htmlPrefilter method to ensure that all closing tags were XHTML-compliant when passed to methods. For example, this prefilter ensured that a call like jQuery("<div class='hot' />") is actually converted to jQuery("<div class='hot'></div>"). Recently, an issue was reported that demonstrated the regex could introduce a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.