THE NEWS

FROM REDMOND

• Announcing .NET Core 3.1
• ASP.NET Core updates in .NET Core 3.1
• Announcing Entity Framework Core 3.1 and Entity Framework 6.4
• Visual Studio 2019 v16.4.0 Release
• Visual Studio 2019 v16.4.1 Release
• Azure IoT Tools November Update: standalone simulator for Azure IoT Edge development and more!
• Merge Conflict Episode 178: Building C# with Mads Torgersen - hosted by James Montemagno
• .NET Core 2.2 will reach End of Life on December 23, 2019
• Visual Studio 2019 v16.5 Preview 1 Release
• Updates to .NET Core Windows Forms designer in Visual Studio 16.5 Preview 1
• We made Windows Server Core container images >40% smaller
• Azure Functions 3.0 go-live release is now available
• .NET Framework December 2019 Security and Quality Rollup
• Pinnable Properties: Debug & Display Managed Objects YOUR Way
• Azure DevOps will no longer support Alternate Credentials authentication
• C# Language Version Planning
• Windows Terminal Preview v0.7 Release

AROUND THE WORLD

• Microsoft: We’re creating a new Rust-like programming language for secure coding
• Announcing PostSharp 6.4: Support for .NET Core 3.0 and more
• AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) – Java and .NET are Now Generally Available
• AWS Tools for PowerShell is now generally available with version 4.0
• Introducing the AWS Toolkit for Rider
• ReSharper Ultimate 2019.3 Release Is Out!
• Localization Becomes easier with the Localization Manager in ReSharper 2019.3
• Rider 2019.3 Release Is Out!
• Visual Studio Tips Advent Calendar
• Azure Advent Calendar
• F# Advent Calendar

PROJECT OF THE WEEK

TwitchLib

C# Twitch Chat, Whisper, API and PubSub Library. Allows for chatting, whispering, stream event subscription and channel/account modification. Supports .NET Core 2.0

Also, be sure and check out the Project of the Week archives!

SHOUT-OUTS / PLUGS

• .NET Bytes on Twitter
• Matt Groves is:
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  • Live Streaming on Twitch
• Calvin Allen is:
  • Tweeting on Twitter
  • Live Streaming on Twitch