.NET 8 Heads to Release Candidate
- Paul Thurrott
- Sep 13, 2023
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With just two months to go until launch, the .NET 8 platform has entered the release candidate phase across Windows, macOS, and Linux.
“.NET 8 RC1 is now available, the first of two release candidates,” Microsoft’s Leslie Richardson announced. “This release includes a new AOT mode for both Android and WASM, System.Text.Json improvements, and Azure Managed Identity support for containers.”
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There are also separate announcements for Entity Framework Core 8 RC1, .NET MAUI in .NET 8 RC1, and ASP.NET Core updates in .NET 8 RC1 if you want the gritty details. You might also check out What’s new in .NET 8 on Microsoft Learn. But the most important thing to know, I guess, is that .NET 8 is a Long Term Support (LTS) version of the product, so it will be supported for three years.
On the .NET MAUI front, this release brings numerous quality improvements, as the team notes that code quality is the dominant theme of this release. RC1 includes fixes for memory leaks and many platform-specific issues, UI control improvements, and performance optimizations. And as noted previously, it supports Apple Xcode 15 on the Mac.
Also, Microsoft has announced the dates for .NET Conf 2023, on November 14-16, 2023.