Focus on .NET 8: Native AOT, Blazor United, Combined Web/Mobile/Desktop Tooling, More

February 24, 2023

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.NET 8 Preview 1: Native AOT Upgrade and the New 'Blazor United'

Microsoft shipped the first preview of .NET 8, for which the company touted polishing of native Ahead-of-Time (AOT) compilation, and, on the web-dev side, the new Blazor United project that melds mix-and-match server-side and client-side rendering functionality.

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■	Microsoft Reaffirms Fate of Visual Basic
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ASP.NET Core Dev Team Launches 'Blazor United' Push for .NET 8

Shortly after Blazor creator Steve Sanderson wowed web-devs with a new prototype project called Blazor United and solicited feedback on its viability, Microsoft flipped the switch and put it on the roadmap for .NET 8.

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■	Uno Platform 4.7 Sports New Project Template
■	What's New in Progress Telerik UI for Blazor, .NET MAUI and WinForms
■	A Rough Preview Debut for Visual Studio Spell Checker

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Microsoft Mulls Combining Web/Mobile/Desktop Tooling in .NET 8

"Maybe that gets a little too crazy. Nothing committed there."

■	Visual Studio Live! Flashback: Microsoft's Top 3 Goals for .NET (and .NET 7)
■	.NET MAUI Devs Hold 'Ask Me Anything' Community Standup
■	Microsoft PowerToys Now Installs .NET 7 for You
■	'Is WPF Dead?' Some Devs Claim 'Yes' as Microsoft Relegates Issues/PRs to the Community

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Steve Sanderson Wows Web-Devs with Peek at 'Blazor United' for .NET 8

"We've started some experiments to combine the advantages of Razor Pages, Blazor Server and Blazor WebAssembly all into one thing."

■	Uno Platform Survey: Windows Usurps Android as Most Important Target
■	Microsoft Eyes New 'Developer News' Feed in Visual Studio, Last Seen in VS 2017
■	New .NET MAUI Community Toolkit Built on .NET 7
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No Need to Wait for .NET 8 to Try Experimental WebAssembly Multithreading

Multithreading support for client-side Blazor WebAssembly apps is planned for .NET 8 in November 2023, but developers can try it out now for .NET apps thanks to experimental functionality in the brand-new .NET 7 Release Candidate 2.

■	Visual Studio 'Port Forwarding' Now 'Dev Tunnels,' So What's a Dev Tunnel?
■	Dev Skills Report: 'Keep an Eye on TypeScript'
■	Microsoft Ships ML.NET 2.0 and New Model Builder Version for Machine Learning
■	Keyboardless Coding? GitHub Copilot 'AI Pair Programmer' Gets Voice Commands

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