I've always said that when a new version of something comes out, you should always "let the scouts take the arrows." Basically, let the testers see if everything is ok before giving the go-ahead to start using it. 

The jQuery Typeahead plugin provides autocomplete preview on search inputs similar to google search with builtin options and deep customization. It is a simple clientside library that will improve the user experience on your website search input!  Demo

Those of you who worked with ASP.NET web forms will recollect that certain server controls such as DropDownList have a property called AutoPostBack. This property when set to true automatically submits the form to the server whenever the selection changes and raises some server side event. In modern web development people prefer to use Ajax over AutoPostBack but at times AutoPostBack is what you might need. To that end this article shows how AutoPostBack can be implemented in ASP.NET Core applications. 

Every day millions of users are commuting on the electronic highway. For you as a web developer you want to ensure that your website is adapted to the needs of the modern user and that you're not putting up road blocks, forcing users to take side roads.

Using modern web standards you can remove these road blocks and optimise your website to accommodate all users regardless of the browser they're using. 

Bootstrap Rating is a jQuery plugin that creates a rating control that uses Bootstrap glyphicons for rating symbols.  Demo

Entity Framework is Microsoft’s flagship Object/Relation Mapper, and the recommended way to access relational databases. Entity Framework Core is a complete rewrite from the “classic” Entity Framework, building on the new multiplatform .NET Core framework and adding the ability to connect to nonrelational data sources while keeping the features that made Entity Framework Code First so popular. In Entity Framework Core Succinctly, join Ricardo Peres to explore this new version of the O/RM, from getting set up to avoiding common traps. 

Preview 3 of .NET 8 includes a new project templates to create an API with a TODO service instead of the weather forecast . Looking into the generated code of this template, there are a lot more changes going on such as a slim builder and using a JSON source generator which helps when using AOT to create native .NET binaries. This article looks into the changes coming. 

• Merge Conflict: "Take Source"/"Keep Target" is missing
• Crashes when trying to debug uwp application
• Unable to select target platform azure v12 for database project
• Fixed crashes or errors that can occur when running Visual Studio after an install action that requires a reboot.
• Fixed an issue deploying Xamarin.Android apps. This peviously required a manual uninstall of the app from the device or emulator.
• This change fixes a bug where the compiler may sometimes incorrectly remove an instruction in a C++ coroutine.