.NET Monthly Roundup - March 2023 - .NET 8 Preview 2, EF Core goodies, and more!

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

All the links: https://aka.ms/dnmr-2303

 

First, we had the release of .NET 8 Preview 2! All the details in these posts:

Announcing .NET 8 Preview 2 - .NET Blog
ASP.NET Core updates in .NET 8 Preview 2 - .NET Blog
EF Core 8 Preview 2: Lite and familiar - .NET Blog
.NET Data Community Standup - Using hierarchical data in SQL Server and PostgreSQL with EF Core - YouTube

 

Some other general news:
What's new for the WinForms Visual Basic Application Framework - .NET Blog
Generate images with AI using Stable Diffusion, C#, and ONNX Runtime - .NET Blog
Introducing the Reliable Web App Pattern for .NET - .NET Blog

 

Some top videos from the .NET YouTube channel for the month:
On .NET Live - Building a Game with .NET and Orleans - YouTube
.NET Data Community Standup - EF Core internals: IQueryable, LINQ and the EF Core query pipeline - YouTube

 

And wrapping it up with some community news:Understanding the .NET ecosystem: The evolution of .NET into .NET 7
Announcing: Azure Developers - .NET Day - .NET Blog