This post shows how to import and export .xls or .xlsx (Excel files) in ASP.NET Core. And when thinking about dealing with excel with .NET, we always look for third-party libraries or component. And one of the most popular .net library that reads and writes Excel 2007/2010 files using the Open Office Xml format (xlsx) is EPPlus. However, at the time of writing this post, this library is not updated to support .NET Core. But there exists an unofficial version of this library EPPlus.Core which can do the job of import and export xlsx in ASP.NET Core. This works on Windows, Linux and Mac. 

This bug-fix update resolves the following issues:

ReSharper Build couldn’t build a project if MSBuild was installed as part of Visual Studio 2019 Preview 1 (RSRP-472694).
Visual Studio froze on JavaScript debugging (RSRP-472802).
Inconsistent default state around ‘Inconsistent Naming‘ inspection (RSRP-472812).
A false positive for NUnit TestCase (RSRP-472787).
Unit test coverage highlighting is not shown for projects targeting .NET Framework 3.5 and lower (DCVR-9525).
False “Cannot convert type” error for Promise in TypeScript.
Find Usages did not process bodies of #define macros when looking for textual occurrences (RSCPP-24977).
“Remove unused parameter” quick-fix was broken in C++ (RSCPP-25094).
 

XAML Islands enable .NET and native Win32 applications to host UWP XAML controls. You can enhance the experience and functionality of your existing desktop applications with the latest UI innovations previously only available for UWP apps.  

Today, we’re releasing .NET 5.0 Preview 3. It contains a set of new features and performance improvements. We’re continuing to work on the bigger features that will define the 5.0 release. 

We're pleased to announce that version 2.0 of the GitHub Extension for Visual Studio is now available. You can install it directly from the Tools and Extensions gallery in Visual Studio, as well as from our releases page and our website. 

For .NET and cloud developers, we’ve focused on improving the inner-loop dev experience. New .http/.rest files make it easier to test and iterate on your APIs directly in Visual Studio, while improved Dev Tunnels help streamline the configuration and management of your webhooks. We’ve also made it easier than ever to deploy your ASP.NET apps to containers.

Game developers can now view properties from base classes modified in an Unreal Blueprint asset without leaving the IDE. Visual Studio has improved the cross-platform development experience with a new remote file explorer, Linux Console output to the Integrated Terminal window, dev container improvements, and more.

Beyond individuals, Visual Studio also has new features to better support dev teams at scale, with exportable configuration files and a persistent update toggle helping ensure everyone on your team is working from the latest version of the tool.

This blog covers several of the top new features in Visual Studio 17.5—to see some in action, watch the Visual Studio 17.5 release video. As always lot of these features come straight from your feedback and suggestions. Your feedback is critical to help us make Visual Studio the best tool it can be! 

These are the customer-reported issues addressed in this release:
- The debugger cannot continue running the process. Operation not supported. Unknown error: 0x9233000b.
- Recent Projects and Solutions not populated once executed.
- Full build every time with 15.5.
- Wrong IntelliSense errors are still shown on VS 15.5.2 for Visual Basic projects.
- VS2017 15.5.2 Unresolved references when "Allow parallel project initialization" is enabled.
- Upgrading to 15.5.2: cannot launch nor repair VS.
- VS2017 Installation issue.
- Unable to install because of BSoD.

.NET Conf is a free, three-day, virtual developer event co-organized by the .NET community and Microsoft. This year .NET 6 will launch at .NET Conf 2021! 

Wow – this was probably our biggest update ever! Version 2.0 of IdentityServer4 is not only incorporating all the feedback we got over the last year, it also includes the necessary updates for ASP.NET Core 2 – and also has a couple of brand new features. See the release notes for a complete list as well as links to issues and PRs.