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Becoming a software architect isn't something that simply happens overnight or with a promotion. It's a role , not a rank . It's an evolutionary process where you'll gradually gain the experience and confidence that you need to undertake the role.

At Microsoft Build Live today, we are sharing a first look at our plans for .NET Core 3. The highlight of .NET Core 3 is support for Windows desktop applications, specifically Windows Forms, Windows Presentation Framework (WPF), and UWP XAML. You will be able to run new and existing Windows desktop applications on .NET Core and enjoy all the benefits that .NET Core has to offer. 

• Added support for .NET 6.0. #1704
• Added support for DateOnly and TimeOnly for SqlParameter value and GetFieldValue. #1813
• Added support for TLS 1.3 on .NET Core and native SNI. #1821
• Added ServerCertificate setting for Encrypt=Mandatory or Encrypt=Strict. #1822 Read more
• Added Windows ARM64 support when targeting .NET Framework. #1828  

Secure password storage in the Windows Credential Store

Multi-factor authentication support for Visual Studio Team Services.

Two-factor authentication support for GitHub

Personal Access Token generation and usage support for Visual Studio Team Services and GitHub

Non-interactive mode support for Visual Studio Team Services backed by Azure Directory

Optional settings for build agent optimization 

Peeker is a tool that runs Roslyn code analyzers on precompiled .NET binaries. If source mappings are provided in the form of a PDB file, the inspection results are associated with the original source locations. Peeker outputs its results in the SARIF file format. 

• ASP .NET Core 2.2
• EF Core 2.2
• RESTful API
• Hypermedia API
• DDD
• CQRS
• Event_Sourcing
• MongoDb
• ElasticSearch
• Docker
• Kubernetes
• TDD 

ExtCore - Free, open source and cross-platform framework for creating modular and extendable web applications based on ASP.NET Core
SimplCommerce - A super simple, cross platform, modularized ecommerce system built on .NET Core
Modular Web Application with ASP.NET Core
Orchard vNext - Orchard 2 is a re-implementation of Orchard CMS in ASP.NET Core

StructureMap is the oldest, continuously used IoC/DI container for .Net dating back to its first public release and production usage all the way back in June 2004 on .Net 1.1. The current 3.* release represents 10+ years of lessons learned in the StructureMap and greater .Net community -- while also wiping away a great deal of legacy design decisions that no longer make sense today.