Is the result pattern worth it?
by Andrew Lock
posted on: October 29, 2024
Working with the result pattern - Part 4
Introducing Microsoft.Extensions.VectorData Preview
by Luis Quintanilla
posted on: October 29, 2024
We are excited to introduce the Microsoft.Extensions.VectorData.Abstractions package available in preview today. This new package provides a unified abstraction layer that enables you to integrate vector stores into your .NET applications.
Listing all cloud folders in Windows using .NET
by Gérald Barré
posted on: October 28, 2024
Windows allows to list the OneDrive folders or folders from other cloud providers. This is done by using the StorageProviderSyncRootManager class. The StorageProviderSyncRootManager class provides a static method called GetCurrentSyncRoots that returns a list of StorageProviderSyncRoot objects, whi
A Brief Introduction to the .NET Muxer (aka dotnet.exe)
by Steve Gordon
posted on: October 25, 2024
This post marks the start of what I expect will be a long-term effort to explore the inner workings of .NET, expose the “magic” behind the scenes, and explain the mechanisms and underlying components of the .NET execution model. Today, we begin with a brief introduction to the .NET muxer (dotnet.exe). Note: These posts are […]
.NET Upgrade Assistant Now Supports Upgrading to Centralized Package Mangement
by McKenna Barlow
posted on: October 24, 2024
Learn how to use the .NET Upgrade Assistant tool to upgrade your projects to use NuGet Central Package Management (CPM).
eShop infused with AI – a comprehensive intelligent app sample
by Jeremy Likness
posted on: October 23, 2024
Go beyond a simple demo app that demonstrates a chat bot and explore a real-world scale application that is infused with AI and illustrates the value of intelligent apps with features like semantic search, summarization, classification, sentiment scoring, chatbot, test data generation, evaluation tool, and E2E testing.
Adding more extensions to Result<T>
by Andrew Lock
posted on: October 22, 2024
Working with the result pattern - Part 3
.NET MAUI Welcomes Syncfusion Open-source Contributions
by David Ortinau
posted on: October 22, 2024
Announcing the release of the Syncfusion Toolkit for .NET MAUI, a set of free, open-source controls for .NET MAUI! Syncfusion has made 14 impressive UI controls freely available for .NET MAUI developers.
How to remove diacritics from a string in .NET
by Gérald Barré
posted on: October 21, 2024
This post is part of the series 'Strings in .NET'. Be sure to check out the rest of the blog posts of the series!String comparisons are harder than it seemsHow to correctly count the number of characters of a stringCorrectly converting a character to lower/upper caseHow not to read a string from an
MongoDB EF Core Provider: What’s New?
by Rishit,Luce
posted on: October 21, 2024
The latest updates to the MongoDB EF Core Provider brings updates to change tracking, index creation, complex queries, and transactions.