One year ago MVVM wasn’t very famous. I remember the first article I read about it, about using MVVM to simplify the management of treeview controls. In the last six months, MVVM has been quickly promoted to THE methodology to use when developing WPF applications. During this amount of time, famous WPF developers started to merge their existing MVVM classes into libraries. Those libraries are now known as MVVM frameworks and contain classes designed to help developers to use MVVM in their projects 

Welcome to this short introduction to Blazor! This new Microsoft framework uses a unique approach to leverage your existing C# and .NET skills to create single-page applications running in web browsers. The technology that makes this possible is called WebAssembly, an open standard supported directly by current browsers on desktop and mobile platforms. You write C# and Razor code instead of JavaScript, and the compiled app runs natively on the client.

Sample Source Code: https://github.com/DevExpress/blazor-training-samples  

The team said that “most of their effort to improve the .NET Core Docker experience in the last year has been focused on .NET Core 3.0.” “This is the first release in which we’ve made substantive runtime changes to make CoreCLR much more efficient, honor Docker resource limits better by default, and offer more configuration for you to tweak”.  

The collection includes 14 different tools including a Json to Yaml and Yaml to Json converter, a JWT decoder, a Text compare tool, and more.

The full list includes:

• Converters
  • Json <> Yaml
  • Number Base
• Encoders / Decoders
  • HTML
  • URL
  • Base64
  • JWT Decoder
• Formatters
  • Json
• Generators
  • Hash (MD5, SHA1, SHA256, SHA512)
  • UUID 1 and 4
  • Lorem Ipsum
• Text
  • Inspector & Case Converter
  • Regex Tester
  • Text Comparer
  • Markdown Preview
• Graphic
  • Color Blindness Simulator
  • PNG / JPEG Compressor

Some of the tools will have wider appeal, for example, the text comparison tool would be useful for writers and solicitors alike, while the PNG/JPEG compressor could help webmasters. Expect more utilities to join the bundle in the future.

The collection is free, and can be accessed via GitHub here or free via the Microsoft Store. 

You don't need Axios, well, for most use cases. The web is maturing, and the days of Axios are ending. 

• WPF improvements for spell check, support for per-user custom dictionaries and improved touch performance 
• Enhanced support for Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA) X509 certificates
• Added support in SQL Connectivity for AlwaysOn and Always Encrypted
• Profiling improvements related to IcorProfilerInfo interface and introduction of Ngen PDBs
• System.Transactions APIs now support distributed transactions with a non-MSDTC coordinator
• Many other performance, stability, and reliability related fixes in RyuJIT, GC, WPF and WCF.

What's New in Blazor for .NET 8
Come find out about the future of Blazor in .NET 8! We'll explore all the upcoming features and improvements, including our effort to create a unified full stack web UI programming model that combines the strengths of client and server. We hope to see you there!

You will learn:
How Blazor is becoming the best option for full stack web development
How Blazor in .NET 8 will provide full flexibility to build web apps however works best for you
How to try out the latest Blazor features in .NET 8