Microsoft Introducing .NET 5
.NET 5.0 will launch today at .NET Conf 2020! The .NET 5.0 release is composed of many improvements and features. This will be the next big release in the .NET family.
There will be just one .NET going forward, and you will be able to use it to target Windows, Linux, macOS, iOS, Android, tvOS, watchOS and WebAssembly and more.
Microsoft will introduce new .NET APIs, runtime capabilities and language features as part of .NET 5.
Highlights of .NET 5 :
1. Developers will have more choice on runtime experiences.
2. Java interoperability will be available on all platforms.
3. Objective-C and Swift interoperability will be supported on multiple operating systems.
4. CoreFX will be extended to support static compilation of .NET, smaller footprints and support for more operating systems.
5. Single file applications
6. Smaller container images
7. More capable JsonSerializer APIs
8. A complete set of nullable reference type annotations
9. New target framework names
10. Support for Windows ARM64
11. Improved performance in the .NET libraries, the garbage collector (GC) and the just-in-time compiler (JIT)
12. New language versions: C# 9 and F# 5
Reference :
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/introducing-net-5/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19840763
About .NET Conf :
.NET Conf is a free, three-day, virtual developer event co-organized by the .NET community and Microsoft. This year .NET 5.0 will launch at .NET Conf 2020! .NET Conf has been a virtual event since the beginning, and this year they’re celebrating our 10th online conference. With everything that has happened this year, we know online conferences have become more important than ever. .NET Conf always have strived to create a world class, engaging, virtual experience for all our attendees no matter where they are.
