#219 – August 12, 2018
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Tiered Compilation Preview in .NET Core 2.1
Tiered compilation is a significant new performance feature that we are making available as a preview for anyone to try out, starting in .NET Core 2.1. In many scenarios that we have tested, applications start faster and run faster at steady state.
As we are already familiar with the basics of memory and data structures used by .NET applications, in this third post from .NET Internals series we’re going to dig into boxing and unboxing and their performance implications.
An Introduction to the Windows Template Studio
Over the last couple of decades, the amount of boilerplate code necessary to develop Windows applications has increased dramatically; which takes away from .NET’s early roots as a RAD or Rapid Application Development framework. Microsoft’s attempt to counter-act this is the Windows Template Studio for UWP applications.
Are your Windows Forms and WPF applications ready for .NET Core 3.0?
At Build 2018 we announced that we are enabling Windows desktop applications (Windows Forms and Windows Presentation Framework (WPF)) with .NET Core 3.0. You will be able to run new and existing Windows desktop applications on .NET Core and enjoy all the benefits that .NET Core has to offer, such as application-local deployment and improved performance.
A new approach for cross-platform .NET GUI development, introducing Qml.Net
Since Microsoft anounced .NET Core, there hasn’t been a clear vision vision on what cross-platform GUI development would look like. Although they plan to support WPF in .NET Core 3.0, it will still only target Windows.