This is a list of projects which have curated tasks specifically for new contributors. These issues are a great way to get started with a project, or to help share the load of working on open source projects. Jump in! 

This document describes the plan for .NET Standard 2.1, which includes the definition of its API surface. 

I just finished teaching the first week of a 9-week, super-intensive, hands-on boot camp that focuses on TypeScript/ASP.NET Web API/AngularJS. I decided to write a series of blog posts that describes each week of the camp. Who makes it. The challenges the students encounter. And, the material that we cover 

Here’s a summary of what’s new in this preview release:

• HTTP/2 performance improvements
• Typed results for minimal APIs
• OpenAPI improvements for minimal APIs
• Return multiple results types from minimal APIs
• Route groups
• Client results in SignalR
• gRPC JSON transcoding
• Project template option to use Program.Main method instead of top-level statements
• Rate limiting middleware 

A Microsoft exec has warned that Internet Explorer is a ‘compatibility solution’ and should only be used selectively. Preaching to the choir here, and this is, we suspect, the very end of IE's long story for us.

PGlite is a WASM (Webassembly) based TypeScript/JavaScript client library which helps to run PostgreSQL locally in Browser or in NodeJS / Bun. It does not include any dependencies. It is very light weight and it's size is 3 MB Gzipped. It supports many Postgres extensions like pgvector, live queries, bloom, btree, earthdistance, fuzzymatch and lot morebun.

VSCode for the C# Developer - Tim Corey - NDC London 2023

VSCode is a nimble editor that can do just about anything. In this session, we will set up and configure VSCode for use in C# development. Then we will use it to build, debug, and deploy a small .NET Core web application to Azure.
Along the way, we will go over a list of the top C#-focused plugins for VSCode. Whether you are just getting started with VSCode or you are used to VSCode but want to start building C# projects, this session will get you up to speed fast. 

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.