Announcing .NET 8

Microsoft announced the availability of .NET 8. It delivers thousands of performance, stability, and security improvements, as well as platform and tooling enhancements that help increase developer productivity and speed of innovation.

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VestPocket: File-based Data Storage for AOT .NET Applications

“Ahead of Time compilation is so hot right now.” AOT is one of the focuses of the .NET 8 release, with a lot of attention given to high-performance scenarios. VestPocket is a single file data storage using System.Text.Json for JSON serialization.

Analyzing Performance Issues in Microsoft .NET 8

DotNetDave details extensive performance benchmarking of .NET 8, showcasing its notable improvements but also highlighting areas of performance regression compared to .NET 6.

What's new in C# 12

C# 12 introduces several new features that aim to improve the expressiveness, performance, and safety of the language. In this post, we will explore some of these features and see how they can benefit your code.

Fakes are Test Doubles with contracts

When is a Fake Object the right Test Double? When you can describe the contract of the dependency. But if you can't describe the contract of a dependency, you should seriously consider if the design is right.

How to dig into the CLR

The goal of this post is to share with you the tips and tricks to navigate into the CLR implementation so you could better understand how things are working.