Benchmarking .NET libraries for image resizing: which performs best?

Which .NET library is fastest at image resizing? Which one uses the least memory? A benchmark comparison of ImageSharp, Magick.NET, NetVips, and SkiaSharp.

• Overhauled memory management for vacuuming, resulting in significantly lower memory usage and running time. More on this here.
• Incremental backup support.
• Faster B-tree index scans.
• MERGE enhancements, including view support.
• New functions to extract elements from UUIDs.
• WAL improvements – up to 2x write throughput on some workloads.
• Improvements to SQL/JSON support, including JSON_TABLE.
• Bulk loading improvements and perf improvements for COPY which gains the ON_ERROR ignore option to ignore errors.
• Identity columns on partitioned tables.

ReactJS is wildly popular and thus wildly supported. TypeScript is increasingly popular, and thus increasingly supported.

The two together? Not as much. Given that they both change quickly, it's hard to find accurate learning materials.

React+TypeScript, with JetBrains IDEs? That three-part combination is the topic of this series. We'll show a little about a lot. Meaning, the key steps to getting productive, in the IDE, for React projects using TypeScript. Along the way, we'll show test-driven development and emphasize tips and tricks in the IDE.

Other videos from this series:
1. Project Setup: https://youtu.be/wm8WdAB64gw
2. Project Cleanup: https://youtu.be/b0KrB31hN5k
3. Testing: https://youtu.be/Y_TGIsFnvo4
4. Debugging Node.js: https://youtu.be/r1kwXZnO8gw
5. Debugging in Chrome: https://youtu.be/dvmZi_DWu9I
6. TSX and ES6: https://youtu.be/JXrZDUzkc2Q
7. Class Props: https://youtu.be/HYmoeUF9ZH0
8. Class State: https://youtu.be/21-VMTmiV8E
9. Rich Events and Testing: https://youtu.be/OO7OmA5UlQM
10. Presentation Components: https://youtu.be/SnCGW6JUo4E 

AutoMapper 9.0 Released 

 public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
 {
     services.AddControllers()
            .AddNewtonsoftJson()
     // ...
}

public class Person
{
   public string FirstName { get; set; }
   public string LastName { get; set; }
   public DateTime? BirthDay { get; set; }
}

using System;
using System.Text.Json.Serialization;

namespace ConsoleApp
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Person person = JsonSerializer.Parse<Person>(...);
            string json = JsonSerializer.ToString(person);
        }
    }
}

namespace System.Text.Json.Serialization
{
    public static class JsonSerializer
    {
        public static object Parse(ReadOnlySpan<byte> utf8Json, Type returnType, JsonSerializerOptions options = null);
        public static object Parse(string json, Type returnType, JsonSerializerOptions options = null);
        public static TValue Parse<TValue>(ReadOnlySpan<byte> utf8Json, JsonSerializerOptions options = null);
        public static TValue Parse<TValue>(string json, JsonSerializerOptions options = null);

        public static string ToString(object value, Type type, JsonSerializerOptions options = null);
        public static string ToString<TValue>(TValue value, JsonSerializerOptions options = null);
    }
}

public sealed class JsonSerializerOptions
{
   public bool AllowTrailingCommas { get; set; }
   public int DefaultBufferSize { get; set; }
   public JsonNamingPolicy DictionaryKeyPolicy { get; set; }
   public bool IgnoreNullValues { get; set; }
   public bool IgnoreReadOnlyProperties { get; set; }
   public int MaxDepth { get; set; }
   public bool PropertyNameCaseInsensitive { get; set; }
   public JsonNamingPolicy PropertyNamingPolicy { get; set; }
   public JsonCommentHandling ReadCommentHandling { get; set; }
   public bool WriteIndented { get; set; }
}

// Json.NET:
var settings = new JsonSerializerSettings
{
    NullValueHandling = NullValueHandling.Ignore
};
string json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(person, settings);

// JsonSerializer:
var options = new JsonSerializerOptions
{
    IgnoreNullValues = true
};
string json = JsonSerializer.ToString(person, options);

services.AddControllers()
   .AddJsonOptions(options => options.JsonSerializerOptions.WriteIndented = true);

[JsonPropertyName("birthdate")]
public DateTime? BirthDay { get; set; }

var options = new JsonSerializerOptions
{
   PropertyNamingPolicy = JsonNamingPolicy.CamelCase
};
string json = JsonSerializer.ToString(person, options);

Dive in and learn how to start building intelligence into your solutions with the Microsoft AI platform, including pre-trained AI services like Cognitive Services and Bot Framework, as well as deep learning tools like Azure Machine Learning, Visual Studio Code Tools for AI, and Cognitive Toolkit. Our platform enables any developer to code in any language and infuse AI into your apps. Whether your solutions are existing or new, this is the intelligence platform to build on.  

First it is important to recognize that the .NET Framework is not the same as .NET Core. The .NET Framework is effectively now in maintenance mode , and all innovation is occurring in the open source .NET Core now and into the future. So step one to remaining relevant is to understand .NET Core (and the closely related .NET Standard). 

Browser Preview for VS Code enables you to open a real browser preview inside your editor that you can debug. Browser Preview is powered by Chrome Headless, and works by starting a headless Chrome instance in a new process. This enables a secure way to render web content inside VS Code, and enables interesting features such as in-editor debugging and more! 

In Visual Studio 2015 Succinctly, author Alessandro Del Sole explains how to take advantage of the highly anticipated features in Microsoft Visual Studio 2015. Topics include sharing code between different types of projects, new options for debugging and diagnostics, and improving productivity with other services in the Visual Studio ecosystem, such as NuGet and Azure.