Here are some of the best .NET, C# and ASP NET posts from this week.

This Weeks Articles

C# Updates for the Absent C# Developer

By Roman Stoffel

It has been a while since I actively developed in C#. I mostly worked with C# and .NET during the 3.0 to 4.5 days and I did async/await work very early on, so I skip over that as well. After a job change, I didn’t touch C# for actual work. I mostly just watched the development from the sidelines via news. Today, I take a short look at some features. I will skip a lot and just add some of my highlights tour.

Understand The .NET 5 Runtime Environment

By Khalid Abuhakmeh

We take many environmental factors for granted when it comes to running our .NET applications. Information about the operating system may seem insignificant for folks deploying to rigorously maintained target environments. Still, for folks who publish desktop client software, the luxury of choosing the destination is not an option. This post will be using .NET to determine the operating system and architecture our .NET application is currently running within. We’ll also resolve the SDK version our app is utilizing. Finally, we’ll run our .NET code under three different operating systems to see the results: macOS, Windows, and Linux.

8 Must-Know NuGet Packages for an ASP.NET Core Application

By Michael Shpilt

When a new framework or technology first appears, it’s like the wild west. Everyone’s doing their own thing, trying to figure out the best way to build a product. That’s not the case with the ASP.NET framework. We’ve been going at it since 2002, living through Web Forms, MVC, and Web API. We made every mistake possible and learned from it. I’m not saying we figured everything out and achieved perfection, but we do have experience and proven methodologies that work well. In this article, I’ll go over some of the most popular NuGet packages used in ASP.NET Core applications. Those packages became popular for good reasons, and using them will give you a running start on your projects.

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