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.NET 11 Preview 4 is now available!
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/dotnet-11-preview-4/ #dotnet #NETMAUI #ASPNETCore #csharp #EntityFramework #NET11 #Featured

Dev Leader 6h ago

You Don't Need Enums - Refactor Away Enums In #csharp!

Enums in C# are easy for us to use, but often this means it's easy for us to use them ineffectively. While I don't like to say right and wrong for different things, I do like to point out pros and cons of different approaches.

In this video, we look at enum examples in C# and how we can refactor our csharp code to move away from enum usage altogether! Yay for refactoring!

Watch here:
https://bgh.st/z0cn6a

Dev Leader 8h ago

You can create new object instance in CSharp with THIS...

GitHub Actions’ Windows hosted runner migration to Visual Studio 2026 starts soon

GitHub has recently planned a migration process for those who are using the Windows workflows in their GitHub-hosted Actions instances that migrates the installation of Visual Studio 2022 to the ne…

Aptivi

Alvin Ashcraft 🐿️15h ago

The ReSharper 2026.2 Early Access Program Begins: Bringing More AI Agents into Visual Studio

https://blog.jetbrains.com/dotnet/2026/05/11/the-resharper-2026-2-eap-any-ai-agent-in-visual-studio/

#dotnet #jetbrains #csharp #resharper #productivity #visualstudio #ai #agents

The ReSharper 2026.2 Early Access Program Begins: Bringing More AI Agents into Visual Studio | The .NET Tools Blog

We're excited to announce that the Early Access Program (EAP) for ReSharper and .NET Tools 2026.2 is now underway! While our EAP announcements usually cover a wide range of new features, performanc

The JetBrains Blog

Alvin Ashcraft 🐿️15h ago

WinUI Performance: A Leap Forward | GitHub Discussions | by Beth Pan

https://github.com/microsoft/microsoft-ui-xaml/discussions/11096

#windowsdev #winui #windowsappsdk #cpp #csharp #dotnet #windev #performance

WinUI 3 Performance: A Leap Forward · microsoft microsoft-ui-xaml · Discussion #11096

Hello WinUI Community! Our mission is to make WinUI 3 the best native UI platform for Windows experiences and apps and performance is at the heart of that effort. Moving from WinUI 2 to WinUI 3 sho...

GitHub

Alvin Ashcraft 🐿️15h ago

Rider 2026.2 Early Access Program Begins With Performance Improvements

https://blog.jetbrains.com/dotnet/2026/05/11/rider-2026-2-early-access-program/

#dotnet #rider #ide #productivity #jetbrainsrider #csharp #jetbrains

Rider 2026.2 Early Access Program Begins With Performance Improvements | The .NET Tools Blog

The Early Access Program (EAP) for Rider 2026.2 is now open, and the first preview build for the upcoming major release is already out. There are several ways for you to get your hands on the

The JetBrains Blog

Alvin Ashcraft 🐿️15h ago

Composition Stack for AI-Assisted .NET Development | by Matt Mattei

https://platform.uno/blog/composition-stack-for-ai-assisted-net-development/

#unoplatform #dotnet #csharp #ai #agents #appdev #crossplatform

Composition Stack for AI-Assisted .NET Development

Two engineers ask the same AI agent to build the same feature. One gets generic code. The other gets something that fits the product. The difference isn't prompts; it's a composition stack of six markdown files (README, CLAUDE.md, .mcp.json, design system, architecture, plan) that give the agent the same context a new teammate would need on day one. Context isn't overhead. It's the product.

Uno Platform

Alvin Ashcraft 🐿️15h ago

How to Verify Network Connectivity in .NET MAUI | by Leomaris Reyes

https://www.telerik.com/blogs/how-to-verify-network-connectivity-net-maui

#dotnetmaui #csharp #dotnet #appdev #xaml #mobiledev #crossplatform