.NET 11 Preview 1 is now available
3 months ago
- #.NET
- #Software Development
- #Preview Release
- First preview release of .NET 11 announced with major enhancements across Runtime, SDK, libraries, and more.
- Libraries updates include Zstandard Compression Support, BFloat16 Floating-Point Type, and performance improvements.
- Runtime enhancements feature CoreCLR on WebAssembly, JIT performance improvements, and RISC-V architecture enablement.
- SDK improvements include interactive target framework selection and new code analyzers.
- ASP.NET Core & Blazor updates introduce new components like EnvironmentBoundary and QuickGrid enhancements.
- .NET MAUI, Windows Forms, and WPF focus on quality improvements.
- Entity Framework Core adds support for complex types, JSON columns, and Azure Cosmos DB improvements.
- No new Visual Basic language features in this release.
- F# compiler updates include parallel compilation by default and new features like --disableLanguageFeature.
- Get started with .NET 11 by installing the SDK or using Visual Studio 2026 Insiders.