Wednesday Shorts #6

3 Hand-Picked Reads About .NET, Azure, Data, AI/ML, And Technology Every Wednesday.

#1 - ASP.NET Core updates in .NET 8 RC 2

.NET 8 Release Candidate 2 (RC2) is now available and includes many great new improvements to ASP.NET Core! This is the last release candidate before the final .NET 8 release later this year. Most of the planned features and changes for .NET 8 are part of this release candidate and are ready for you to try out.

#2 - What’s new in System.Text.Json in .NET 8

In .NET 8, System.Text.Json brings numerous compelling enhancements for developers. This release focuses on significantly enhancing the user experience in Native AOT applications, addressing several highly requested features, and improving overall reliability. Notable updates encompass support for populating read-only members, customizable handling of unmapped members, backing for interface hierarchies, as well as the introduction of naming policies like snake case and kebab case, among other improvements.

#3 - Lightning Fast Copy In Fabric Notebook

The Fabric notebook team continually enriches mssparkutils with new tools to expedite development. A noteworthy addition to these tools is the recently introduced "fastcp" method, aptly named for its resemblance to the existing "cp" method for file copying but with a substantial boost in speed, operating at orders of magnitude faster.