CommunityToolkit/dotnet: .NET Community Toolkit is a collection of helpers and APIs that work for all .NET developers and are agnostic of any specific UI platform. The toolkit is part of the .NET Foundation. 

"C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin\openssl.exe" genrsa -out private.key 2048
"C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin\openssl.exe" req -new -x509 -key private.key -out publickey.cer -days 1398
"C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin\openssl.exe" pkcs12 -export -out idp.pfx -inkey private.key -in publickey.cer

private static X509Certificate2 loadCertificateFromFile(string filePath, string password)
{
    // NOTE:
    // You should check out the identity of your application pool and make sure
    // that the `Load user profile` option is turned on, otherwise the crypto susbsystem won't work.

    // For decryption the certificate must be in the certificate store. It's a limitation of how EncryptedXml works.
    using (var store = new X509Store(StoreName.My, StoreLocation.CurrentUser))
    {
      store.Open(OpenFlags.ReadWrite);
      store.Add(new X509Certificate2(filePath, password, X509KeyStorageFlags.Exportable));
    }

    return new X509Certificate2(
            filePath,
            password,
            keyStorageFlags: X509KeyStorageFlags.MachineKeySet | X509KeyStorageFlags.PersistKeySet
                             | X509KeyStorageFlags.Exportable);
}

services
   .AddDataProtection()
   .SetDefaultKeyLifetime(...)
   .SetApplicationName(...)
   .ProtectKeysWithCertificate(loadCertificateFromFile("path ...", "123"));

Datepicking Beyond the Gregorian Calendar 

%USERPROFILE%/.omnisharp

{
  "RoslynExtensionsOptions": {
    "LocationPaths": [
      "C:\\lib\\roslynator"
    ]
  }
}

Write-Host "Download, unzip and enable Roslynator for Visual Studio Code"

$name = "josefpihrt.Roslynator2017"
$url = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=$name"
$currentDir = $PSScriptRoot
$file = "$currentDir\Roslynator.zip"

$pattern = "<script class=`"vss-extension`" defer=`"defer`" type=`"application\/json`">(.*?)<\/script>"
$regex = [regex]"(?m)$pattern"
Write-Host "Grab the home page of the $name."
$dom = (New-Object Net.WebClient).DownloadString($url); 
if($dom -and $dom -match $pattern) 
{
    $matches = $regex.Match($dom)
    $jsonText = $matches[0].Groups[1]

    $json = ConvertFrom-Json $jsonText

    $version = $Json.versions[0].version # Parse the json in the page for the latest version number
    $parts = $name.Split(".")
    $publisher = $parts[0]
    $package = $parts[1]

    # Assemble the url for the vsix package
    $packageUrl = "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/_apis/public/gallery/publishers/$publisher/vsextensions/$package/$version/vspackage"
    Write-Host "Download the vsix package: $packageUrl"
    (New-Object Net.WebClient).DownloadFile($packageUrl, $file)

    Write-Host "Using $currentDir as the current dir."
    Write-Host "Unzip $file."
    $shellApp = new-object -com shell.application 
    $zipFile = $shellApp.namespace($file) 
    $destination = $shellApp.namespace($currentDir) 
    $destination.Copyhere($zipFile.items(), 0x14)# overwrite and be silent

    Write-Host "Delete VS specific files. Otherwise they will interfere with the MEF services inside OmniSharp."
    Remove-Item "$currentDir\Roslynator.VisualStudio.Core.dll","$currentDir\Roslynator.VisualStudio.dll", "$currentDir\Roslynator.VisualStudio.pkgdef"

    $omnisharpJsonFilePath = "$env:USERPROFILE\.omnisharp\omnisharp.json";
    Write-Host "Create $omnisharpJsonFilePath file."
    $omnisharpJson = @" 
{{
  "RoslynExtensionsOptions": {{
    "LocationPaths": [
      "{0}"
    ]
  }}
}}
"@ -f $currentDir -Replace "\\","\\"
    $omnisharpJson | Out-File "$omnisharpJsonFilePath" -Confirm

    Write-Host "Done!"
}
else
{
    Write-Host "Failed to find the packageUrl!"
}

PS D:\Prog\1396\RoslynatorVSCode> .\update.ps1
Download, unzip and enable Roslynator for Visual Studio Code
Grab the home page of the josefpihrt.Roslynator2017.
Download the vsix package: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/_apis/public/gallery/publishers/josefpihrt/vsextensions/Roslynator2017/1.7.0/vspackage
Using D:\Prog\1396\RoslynatorVSCode as the current dir.
Unzip D:\Prog\1396\RoslynatorVSCode\Roslynator.zip.
Delete VS specific files. Otherwise they will interfere with the MEF services inside OmniSharp.
Create C:\Users\Vahid\.omnisharp\omnisharp.json file.

Confirm
Are you sure you want to perform this action?
Performing the operation "Output to File" on target "C:\Users\Vahid\.omnisharp\omnisharp.json".
[Y] Yes  [A] Yes to All  [N] No  [L] No to All  [S] Suspend  [?] Help (default is "Y"):
Done!

A vulnerability exists in System.Data.SqlClient and Microsoft.Data.SqlClient libraries where a timeout occurring under high load can cause incorrect data to be returned as the result of an asynchronously executed query. 

Auto-imports and provides intellisense for references that were not yet imported in a C# file. 

C# In Simple Terms is an eBook (and subscribers get a bonus chapter!) 

StringBuilder: the Past and the Future 

NuGet 5.8 is included in Visual Studio 16.8 and .NET 5.0 out of the box. You can also download NuGet 5.8 for Windows, macOS, and Linux as a standalone executable.