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Roundup #25: NETStandard2.1, Code Behind The Vulnerability, Compositional UIs, ML.NET

Here are the things that caught my eye this week.  I’d love to hear what you found most interesting this week.  Let me know in the comments or on Twitter.   .NET Standard 2.1 Since we shipped .NET Standard 2.0 about a year ago, we’ve shipped two updates to .NET Core 2.1 and are about to release .NET Core 2.2. It’s time to update the standard to include some of the new concepts as well as a number of small improvements that make your life easier across the various implementations of .NET. I find it interesting, but predictable, that .NET Framework 4.8… Read More »Roundup #25: NETStandard2.1, Code Behind The Vulnerability, Compositional UIs, ML.NET

Roundup #24: JSON, .NET Core 3, Framework Reference, Orleans Dashboard

Here are the things that caught my eye this week.  I’d love to hear what you found most interesting this week.  Let me know in the comments or on Twitter.   The future of JSON in .NET Core 3.0 JSON has become an essential part of virtually all modern .NET applications and in many cases even surpassed the usage of XML. However, .NET hasn’t had a (great) built-in way to deal with JSON. Instead we’ve relied on Json.NET which continues to serve the .NET ecosystem well. Moving forward, we plan on making some changes to our JSON support. Link: https://github.com/dotnet/announcements/issues/90   A first… Read More »Roundup #24: JSON, .NET Core 3, Framework Reference, Orleans Dashboard

Clearing Local NuGet Cache

Why would you need to clear your local NuGet cache?  Recently I realized that my local NuGet cache was just over 7GB.  Yes, gigabytes. I know it's cliche to mention anything about node_modules, but I accidentally deleted it. All 500mb of it. To be fair, my local NuGet cache is 7GB. — Derek Comartin (@codeopinion) October 4, 2018 Local NuGet Cache You may not even realize that NuGet stores copies of NuGet packages on your machine.  There are a couple of places they are stored. If you have the latest .NET Core SDK, you can run: dotnet nuget locals all… Read More »Clearing Local NuGet Cache