What's New in .NET 8
.NET 8 contains tons of interesting changes and new features. Along with the release of .NET 8, a new version of C#, and Visual Studio is included. This course will teach you what you can expect in the latest iteration of the platform.
What you'll learn
With .NET 6, Microsoft has unified its different .NET platforms. .NET 7, released in 2022, extended the platform with another set of new features. In 2023, Microsoft brings .NET 8 and C# 12 as the next iteration of the platform.
In this course, What’s New in .NET 8, you will learn the features of this new release. You’ll start with understanding the general direction of the .NET 8 release and you’ll see how to update existing projects to the latest version. Then, you’ll learn about the changes made to C# and the .NET BCL. Several new APIs were introduced that’ll make common tasks easier. Visual Studio also received some interesting updates and we’ll cover these in this course too. Finally, you’ll learn about the changes made to ASP.NET Core (including the Minimal API framework), Blazor and Maui.
After watching this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge to start building applications with the latest release of .NET 8.
Table of contents
- Module Introduction 1m
- The ASP.NET Core 8 Ecosystem 2m
- Exploring the New Features in ASP.NET Core 8: Route Short-circuiting 7m
- Demo: Using Route Short-circuit in an ASP.NET Core 8 MVC Application 3m
- Using Keyed Service Registration 5m
- Demo: Using Keyed Service Registration 3m
- Understanding New Backgrounding Options 4m
- Demo: Understanding New Backgrounding Options 3m
- Demo: Testing with .http Files 4m
- Using CreateSlimBuilder 3m
- Demo: Creating a Minimal API with AOT 3m
- Understanding What’s New in ASP.NET Core 8 Blazor 6m
- Demo: Understanding Blazor Full Stack Web UI 5m
- Using Server-side Rendering 4m
- Demo: Using Server-side Rendering 3m
- Demo: Using blazor.web.js 3m
- Demo: Enabling Stream Rendering 4m
- Demo: Using Client Interactivity 7m
- Demo: Selecting the Mode at Runtime 3m
- Demo: Using Quickgrid 2m
- Using the New Identity in ASP.NET Core 8 4m
- Demo: Setting Up the New Identity API Endpoints 5m
- Summary 1m
About the author
Gill Cleeren is a Microsoft Regional Director, MVP and Pluralsight author. Gill is the CTO of Xebia Microsoft Services Belgium and focuses on web and mobile architecture. He's also a frequent speaker at many international conferences. Gill also founded Techorama, the biggest IT conference in Belgium and the Netherlands.