The .NET Conf 2024 is set to be an exciting virtual event, taking place from November 12 to 14, 2024. This annual conference, organized by Microsoft and the .NET community, celebrates the release of .NET 9 and brings together developers from around the world to explore the latest innovations in the .NET ecosystem.
Key Highlights
- .NET 9 Release: The conference will kick off with the official launch of .NET 9, showcasing new features and improvements that enhance cloud-native and intelligent app development.
- Live Sessions: Attendees can look forward to a diverse array of live sessions featuring esteemed speakers from the .NET community and Microsoft’s .NET team. Topics will range from AI building blocks to performance improvements in .NET 9.
- 24-Hour Broadcast: To accommodate developers from every time zone, the conference will feature a 24-hour continuous broadcast, ensuring that everyone can participate and learn.
- Student Zone: The .NET Conf Student Zone offers beginner-friendly sessions where experts teach how to build amazing projects using C# and .NET.
- Virtual Attendee Parties: Attendees can join virtual parties, play trivia games, and win prizes, making the conference not only educational but also fun.
What to Expect
- Day One: Focuses on the big news, .NET 9, with sessions on what’s new in .NET Aspire, AI building blocks, and C# 13.
- Day Two: Dives deeper into the capabilities of .NET 9, with sessions on ASP.NET Core, Blazor, .NET MAUI, and more.
- Day Three: Continues the all-day and night broadcast with speakers from around the world, covering a wide range of topics.
New Features In .NET 9
- New Runtime Features: Includes a new attribute model for feature switches with trimming support, dynamic adaptation to application size for garbage collection, and numerous performance improvements like loop optimizations and Arm64 vectorization.
- Library Updates: System.Text.Json now supports nullable reference type annotations and exporting JSON schemas. LINQ introduces new methods like CountBy and AggregateBy.
- SDK Enhancements: The .NET 9 SDK introduces workload sets, better MSBuild integration for unit testing, and NuGet security audits for both direct and transitive package references.
- .NET MAUI Improvements: Expanded test coverage, new controls like HybridWebView, and compatibility with Xcode 16 for iOS 18, iPadOS 18, tvOS 18, and macOS 15.
- Additional Features: Includes a new one-shot hash method on the CryptographicOperations type, new TimeSpan methods, and a PersistedAssemblyBuilder type for saving emitted assemblies.
Registration and Participation
The .NET Conf 2024 is free to attend, and participants can register on the official .NET Conf website. The event will be broadcast live on YouTube and Twitch, with a player available on the .NET Conf website for easy access to recorded sessions.
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