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.NET Conf 2023 Virtual Event - November 14 - 16 - Celebrate the .NET 8 release!
The largest .NET event hosted online Nov 14-16 2023 celebrating .NET 8 release
.NET 8 Release Candidate 2
.NET 8 RC2 is now available. This is last release candidate. This release includes new NuGet package READMEs for .NET packages, simple CLI-based project evaluation for MSBuild, publishing containers to tar.gz archives, and Tensor Primitives for .NET.
Microsoft retiring Visual studio for Mac
Microsoft has announced the retirement of Visual Studio for Mac in 2024. They will continue to support existing users but won't release new versions.
.NET 8 Preview 1
the release of the first preview of .NET 8, the next major release of the .NET platform. The article highlights key features including new language features for C# 9, improved performance, enhanced support for cloud-native applications, and a seamless upgrade path for developers currently using .NET Core 3.x or earlier versions
Performance Improvements in .NET 7
The link discusses performance improvements in .NET 7, highlighting enhancements that boost speed and efficiency in the framework. These optimizations aim to enhance application performance and responsiveness.
Performance Improvements in .NET 8
Performance enhancements in .NET 8, focusing on improvements aimed at enhancing application speed and efficiency, ultimately boosting performance and responsiveness.
Building Generative AI Chat App with .NET
building a simple console-based .NET chat application from the ground up, with minimal dependencies and minimal fuss. The end goal is to be able to ask questions and get answers not only based on the data on which our model was trained, but also on additional data supplied dynamically.
Microsoft Build 2023
Microsoft Build is an annual conference event held by Microsoft, aimed at software engineers and web developers using Windows, Microsoft Azure and other Microsoft technologies.
Get started with Azure OpenAI in .NET
overview of how to integrate OpenAI's GPT-3 language model into a .NET application using Azure Cognitive Services. The article explains how to set up an Azure Cognitive Services account, create an OpenAI resource, and obtain an API key for accessing the OpenAI API
How OAuth 2.0 Works
The article explains how OAuth 2.0 works, which is an authorization framework that allows third-party applications to access user data from various services without needing to share passwords