InfoQ: dotnet news articles for October - 2024, by me.
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As you know or don't know. I write for InfoQ, and I write a couple of news coverage articles per month.
I am part of the .NET Content editors' team and each month; we write and cover new and exciting stuff in the #dotnet development world.
Last month, October 2024, I wrote a couple of news articles. Maybe if you missed those topics or want to read more about the news from the .NET world, the URLs and short descriptions of the news items can be found in the list below:
.NET Aspire 9.0 RC1: Simplified Setup, Azure Functions Support Added, and Other Improvements
.NET Aspire has released version 9.0 Release Candidate 1 (RC1), a major update to the platform. This version supports both .NET 8 Long Term Support (LTS) and .NET 9 Standard Term Support (STS), incorporating many features and fixes requested by developers across the different components.
Microsoft Releases Preview of AI Integration Libraries for .NET
Last week, Microsoft announced the preview release of two libraries: Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Abstractions and Microsoft.Extensions.AI. These packages, referred to as Unified AI Building Blocks, provide the .NET ecosystem with essential abstractions for integrating artificial intelligence (AI) services into .NET applications and libraries, along with middleware to enhance key capabilities.
Microsoft Releases Dev Proxy v0.21: New Features Enhance API Testing and Development Efficiency
Microsoft has announced the release of Dev Proxy v0.21, introducing several notable features. Among the key additions are the ability to simulate authentication and authorization using API keys and OAuth2, the capability to quickly generate JWT tokens for testing, a new version of the toolkit, and other improvements.
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This is a slightly different type of blog post from me. I hope you will find it useful, and I hope you will be updated with the latest .NET news (in case you missed it throughout the month).
As always, I wish you all the best and wish you lots of luck with coding!
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