ASP.NET Core 8 News

Build Cutting-Edge .NET 8 Applications with Syncfusion

November 28, 2023
Syncfusion Essential Studio Enterprise 2023 Volume 3 SP1 adds .NET 8 compatibility for ASP.NET Core, Blazor, MAUI, WinForms, and WPF.

Syncfusion Essential Studio Enterprise provides a comprehensive collection of UI components and frameworks for building modern cross-platform applications. It offers over 1,800 components compatible with .NET WinForms, WPF, ASP.NET Core & MVC, WinUI, MAUI, JavaScript, Xamarin, Blazor, and more, enabling seamless application development across diverse devices and operating systems.

Version 2023 Volume 3 SP1 (23.2.5) adds support for .NET 8, allowing developers to build WinForms, WPF, ASP.NET Core, Blazor and .NET MAUI applications in the new release version of Microsoft's popular .NET ecosystem.

To see a full list of what's new in version 2023 Volume 3 SP1 (23.2.5), see our release notes.

For more information, visit our Syncfusion Essential Studio Enterprise product page.

Improve Office File Report Rendering with SkiaSharp

November 24, 2023
Telerik Reporting R3 2023 SP1 adds SkiaSharp-based rendering for reports created as Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents.

Telerik Reporting is a comprehensive and lightweight embedded reporting tool for .NET web and desktop applications. It enables developers and reporting users to create, design, and export visually appealing, interactive, and reusable reports to effectively present analytical and business data. It supports various technologies, including ASP.NET Core, Blazor, ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET AJAX, HTML5/JS, Angular, WPF, WinForms, and WinUI.

Telerik Reporting R3 2023 SP1 introduces SkiaSharp-based rendering for Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents. SkiaSharp is a 2D graphics API for .NET, based on Google's Skia Graphics Library. This cross-platform API means your rendered documents will look the same on all platforms that support it, such as Microsoft Windows, Apple macOS/iOS, Android, and Linux. SkiaSharp can leverage the hardware acceleration capabilities of modern devices so your reports will be rendered faster and more smoothly.

To see a full list of what's new in R3 2023 SP1, see our release notes.

Telerik Reporting is available to buy in the following products:

.NET 8: A New Era of Performance and Productivity

November 23, 2023
Microsoft has officially released .NET 8, the latest version of its popular development platform.

Microsoft has released .NET 8, the latest version of its popular development platform. This new Long Term Support (LTS) release will be supported by Microsoft for three years after the initial release. .NET 8 delivers significant performance, stability, and security improvements, as well as platform and tooling enhancements that help increase developer productivity and speed of innovation.

Key highlights of .NET 8 include:

  • Unparalleled performance: .NET 8 comes with thousands of performance improvements across the stack.
  • .NET Aspire: An opinionated stack to build observable, production-ready cloud-native applications with .NET.
  • .NET 8 Container Enhancements: More secure, compact, and productive.
  • Native AoT: Compile your .NET apps into native code that uses less memory and starts instantly.
  • Artificial Intelligence: Infuse AI into your .NET applications.
  • Blazor: Build full stack web applications with .NET.
  • .NET MAUI: Elevated performance, reliability, and developer experience.
  • C# 12 Features: Simplified syntax for better developer productivity.

Learn more about .NET 8 in this blog post by Microsoft's Gaurav Seth, or see Microsoft's article What's New in .NET 8.

Many ComponentSource Partners are updating their products with support for .NET 8:

See .NET 8 Compatible Products

Build Word Processing Apps with ASP.NET Core 8

November 21, 2023
TX Text Control .NET Server for ASP.NET supports .NET 8 in ASP.NET Core applications.

TX Text Control .NET Server for ASP.NET is a comprehensive server-side document processing library for ASP.NET and ASP.NET Core. Features include PDF processing, electronic signatures, file conversion, and reporting / mail merge. It supports client-side frameworks such as JavaScript, Angular, ASP.NET Core, ASP.NET MVC, and ASP.NET WebForms.

The latest release of TX Text Control .NET Server for ASP.NET supports .NET 8, allowing developers to build word processing applications with the new version of Microsoft's popular framework. In testing performed by Text Control, .NET 8 significantly outperformed .NET 6 in both memory usage and document generation performance.

For more information, visit our TX Text Control .NET Server for ASP.NET product page.

Create Web, Desktop, and Mobile Apps for .NET 8 with Telerik

November 21, 2023
The latest updates add support for .NET 8, enabling users to build modern applications and reporting solutions targeting the new .NET release.

Progress Telerik is a leading software publisher that provides a range of tools and solutions to help developers build and deploy modern applications. Its product range include UI libraries, reporting tools and testing frameworks. Telerik products are used by millions of developers around the world to build a wide variety of applications.

The following Telerik products have been updated with support for .NET 8, allowing developers to build web, desktop, mobile and reporting apps in the latest version of Microsoft's popular framework: