In this article, we'll walk you through updating an existing ASP.NET Core 1.x project to ASP.NET Core 2.0. Migrating your application to ASP.NET Core 2.0 enables you to take advantage of many new features and performance improvements.

Visual Studio Dev Essentials is a new free developer offering from Microsoft. A free membership to this program gives you access to a range of benefits including developer tools and services, training and support. This video provides an overview of some key benefits, including Visual Studio Community, Visual Studio Team Services, Pluralsight training, and HackHands live programming help 

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There are two MySQL providers for Entity Framework Core:
- The official one from MySQL: MySql.Data.EntityFrameworkCore. As of now, the latest version is 8.0.19, and works with Entity Framework Core 2.1 (and probably also 2.2). Since EF Core 3.0 is a major version with breaking changes, you cannot use it with this provider.
- The Pomelo provider: Pomelo.EntityFrameworkCore.MySql. There is a 3.1 version of this provider.
In other words, if you want to use EF Core 3.0/3.1 with MySQL, at this point you need to use the Pomelo provider (or wait for the official MySQL one to get released).

Zepto is a minimalist JavaScript library for modern browsers with a largely jQuery-compatible API. If you use jQuery, you already know how to use Zepto.

While 100% jQuery coverage is not a design goal, the APIs provided match their jQuery counterparts. The goal is to have a ~5-10k modular library that downloads and executes fast, with a familiar and versatile API, so you can concentrate on getting stuff done. 

npm install zepto

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Kotlin goes WebAssembly!
Kotlin 1.8.20 introduces the newest multiplatform compilation target for Kotlin – WebAssembly! This opens up new possibilities for Kotlin developers, ranging from writing web apps, to blazing fast server-side development with Node.js and standalone WebAssembly runtimes, and even bringing your Compose Multiplatform apps to the browser! 

C# 7 is a major update with a lot of interesting new capabilities. And while there are plenty of articles on what you can do with it, there aren't quite as many on what you should do with it. Using the principles found in the .NET Framework Design Guidelines, we're going to take a first pass at laying down strategies for getting the most from these new features. 

This article provides an introduction to a lightweight API for ASP.NET web services provided by DotNetify.SignalR NuGet package that can reduce a lot of boilerplate code when implementing real-time updates, and provide an example of how to create a real-time web component with VueJS without using Node.JS build.