EF and EF Core DbContext types implement IDisposable. As such, best practice programming suggests that you should wrap them in a using() block (or new C# 8 using statement). Unfortunately, doing this, at least in web apps, is generally a bad idea. 

C# Source Generators

A list of C# Source Generators (not necessarily awesome), because I haven't found a good list yet.

C# Source Generators is a Roslyn compiler feature introduced in C#9/.NET 5. It lets C# developers inspect user code and generate new C# source files that can be added to a compilation. 

HTMX for ASP.NET Core Developers
A set of videos explaining what HTMX is, and how ASP.NET Core developers can use it to create rich client-side experiences. 

This repository was created with the intention of helping developers master their concepts in JavaScript. It is not a requirement, but a guide for future studies. It is based on an article written by Stephen Curtis and you can read it here

This repository was created with the intention of helping developers master their concepts in JavaScript. It is not a requirement, but a guide for future studies. It is based on an article written by Stephen Curtis and you can read it here. 

In just four years, Xamarin went from a startup to a household name in development. Read about its rise to power and how it will continue changing mobile development

 -- Simple term
SELECT id, title, docexcerpt
FROM dbo.Documents
WHERE CONTAINS(docexcerpt, N'data');

 -- Simple term - phrase
SELECT id, title, docexcerpt
FROM dbo.Documents
WHERE CONTAINS(docexcerpt, N'"data warehouse"');

 -- Simple terms with logical OR
SELECT id, title, docexcerpt
FROM dbo.Documents
WHERE CONTAINS(docexcerpt, N'data OR index');

 -- Simple terms with logical AND NOT
SELECT id, title, docexcerpt
FROM dbo.Documents
WHERE CONTAINS(docexcerpt, N'data AND NOT mining');

 -- Simple terms with mny logical operators, order defined with parentheses
SELECT id, title, docexcerpt
FROM dbo.Documents
WHERE CONTAINS(docexcerpt, N'data OR (fact AND warehouse)');

 -- Prefix
SELECT id, title, docexcerpt
FROM dbo.Documents
WHERE CONTAINS(docexcerpt, N'"add*"');

 -- Simple proximity
SELECT id, title, docexcerpt
FROM dbo.Documents
WHERE CONTAINS(docexcerpt, N'NEAR(problem, data)');

 -- Proximity with max distance 5 words
SELECT id, title, docexcerpt
FROM dbo.Documents
WHERE CONTAINS(docexcerpt, N'NEAR((problem, data),5)');

-- Proximity with max distance 1 word
SELECT id, title, docexcerpt
FROM dbo.Documents
WHERE CONTAINS(docexcerpt, N'NEAR((problem, data),1)');

 -- Proximity with max distance and order
SELECT id, title, docexcerpt
FROM dbo.Documents
WHERE CONTAINS(docexcerpt, N'NEAR((problem, data),5, TRUE)');
GO

 SELECT id, title, docexcerpt
FROM dbo.Documents
WHERE CONTAINS((docexcerpt,doccontent), N'data');

 -- Inflectional forms

-- The next query does not return any rows
SELECT id, title, docexcerpt
FROM dbo.Documents
WHERE CONTAINS(docexcerpt, N'presentation');

-- The next query returns a row
SELECT id, title, docexcerpt
FROM dbo.Documents
WHERE CONTAINS(docexcerpt, N'FORMSOF(INFLECTIONAL, presentation)');
GO

 C:\...\MSSQL11.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\FTData

<XML ID="Microsoft Search Thesaurus">
    <thesaurus xmlns="x-schema:tsSchema.xml">
<diacritics_sensitive>0</diacritics_sensitive>
        <expansion>
            <sub>Internet Explorer</sub>
            <sub>IE</sub>
            <sub>IE5</sub>
        </expansion>
        <replacement>
            <pat>NT5</pat>
            <pat>W2K</pat>
            <sub>Windows 2000</sub>
        </replacement>
        <expansion>
            <sub>run</sub>
            <sub>jog</sub>
        </expansion>
        <expansion>
            <sub>need</sub>
            <sub>necessity</sub>
        </expansion>
    </thesaurus>
</XML>

 -- Load the US English file
EXEC sys.sp_fulltext_load_thesaurus_file 1033;
GO

 -- Synonyms

-- The next query does not return any rows
SELECT id, title, docexcerpt
FROM dbo.Documents
WHERE CONTAINS(docexcerpt, N'need');

-- The next query returns a row
SELECT id, title, docexcerpt
FROM dbo.Documents
WHERE CONTAINS(docexcerpt, N'FORMSOF(THESAURUS, need)');
GO

 -- Document properties
SELECT id, title, docexcerpt
FROM dbo.Documents
WHERE CONTAINS(PROPERTY(doccontent,N'Authors'), N'Test');

 -- FREETEXT
SELECT *
FROM dbo.Documents
WHERE FREETEXT(docexcerpt, N'data presentation need');

GitHub Issues

The GitHub Issues integration allows you to search and reference your issues from the commit message box in VS, in response to this suggestion ticket. You can reference an issue or a pull request by typing # or clicking on the # button in the lower right side of the commit message text box. If you weren't already authenticated to access related issues, you will now be prompted to sign in to take advantage of this feature.

Line Unstaging

To continue improving our line-staging (aka interactive staging) feature, we've added unstage. You can now use the tool tip option to unstage changes, line by line, as requested here Unstage individual lines and hunks in a file - 4 votes

Arm64

We continue to build native support for Arm64 on Windows 11 for the most popular developer scenarios. We now support the .NET Multi-platform App UI (MAUI) workload on Arm64 Visual Studio.

C++

• Available as a preview feature, you can now view Unreal Engine logs without leaving VS. To see the logs from the Unreal Engine Editor, click View > Other Windows > UE Log. To filter your logs, click on the "Categories" or "Verbosity" dropdowns. Since this is an experimental feature, feedback is greatly appreciated.
• You can now import STM32CubeIDE projects for embedded development within Visual Studio with File > Open > Import STM32CubeIDE project. This generates a CMake project with device flashing and debugging settings for STLink. You must have the STM32CubeIDE installed with the board support package for your device. More details available here.
• You can use the new CMake Debugger to debug your CMake scripts at build time. You can set breakpoints based on filenames, line numbers, and when CMake errors are triggered. Additionally, you can view call stacks of filenames and watch defined variables. Currently, this only works with bundled CMake, and projects targeting WSL or remote machines are not supported yet. We are actively working to add more support to the CMake debugger, and feedback is greatly appreciated.