.NET Monthly Roundup - February 2023 - .NET 8 Preview 1, New VS features, and more!

Welcome to our February .NET Monthly Roundup with Jon Galloway! In just 3 minutes, Jon breaks down the latest news from the month of February 2023 that .NET developers need to know.

All the links: https://aka.ms/dnmr-2302

 

First, we had the release of .NET 8 Preview 1! All the details in these posts:

Announcing .NET 8 Preview 1
ASP.NET Core updates in .NET 8 Preview 1
EF Core 8 Preview 1: Raw, lazy, and on-time

 

We also got a new release of Visual Studio, as well as a preview, both packed with lots of great features for .NET developers:

Visual Studio 2022 - 17.5 Released
Try Visual Studio 2022 v17.6 Preview 1

 

Some other general news:
Sentence Similarity in ML.NET Model Builder
Updated Modern Code Generation for WinForm's InitializeComponent
Upgrading your .NET projects with Visual Studio
Announcing the reliable web app pattern for .NET on App Service
Announcing NuGet 6.5 – The Sweetest Way to Manage Your Packages - The NuGet Blog

 

Some top videos from the .NET YouTube channel for the month:
ASP.NET Community Standup - Blazor United in .NET 8
.NET Data Community Standup - SQLite with .NET and EF Core

 

And wrapping it up with some community news:
.NET Foundation news and updates from February
WeAreDotnet - Coming soon