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Did you know? Microsoft used the name C# in 1988. This language had nothing in common with the C# of today as it was a variant of the C language, and was discontinued. It wasn't until 2002 that Microsoft released the language named C# that we know today, with the release of the .NET Framework 1.0. .NET news December is a slow news month on most years, but here are a few highlights to che

We're wrapping up 2021 and heading into a brand new year. Many peoples around the world celebrate one holiday or another very soon, so to those celebrating we wish the happiest of holidays and extend the warmest of greetings for 2022! 🎉 Did you know? The term "WiFi" stands for "Wireless Fidelity", and while the concept of WiFi is older than the 1970's, the first implementation was in Ha

Did you know? There is a difference between a parameter and an argument. Many programmers use them interchangeably, but they have distinct definitions in formal computer science. In short, a parameter is what is in the definition of the function, while the argument is the data that is passed into the function at runtime. .NET news October has been busy at Microsoft. Here's the latest new

Did you know? The first person to write a program was Ada Lovelace, in 1843. Ada was an English mathematician and writer who worked on Charles Babbage's machine, the "Analytical Engine". She realized that computers have applications beyond mathematical calculations and thus became the first person to create an algorithm to put those non-mathematical applications to use. How amazed would Ada be if

Did you know? There is a reason for why the language C was named C, and it's all about our A, B, C's. It's because there was a language called B and C comes after B in the alphabet! It sounds like a joke, but it's not. Really! In addition, C did borrow a few concepts from B, so this seemed like a natural progression in naming. But B wasn't called B because it came after A. B was an implementation

Did you know? The first computer mouse was invented in 1964 and was made of wood. Indeed, it was! We've come a long way since then. Nowadays, computer mice are made with acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) plastic and are quite advanced when compared to early models. .NET news .NET Foundation Election 2021 Nominations are Open!Announcing .NET 6 Preview 6Announcing .NET MAUI Preview 6Mi

Did you know? Microsoft created a C based language named C# in 1988? 1988!? You heard that right! It's true! This language, of course, was not the C# that we all know and love today. Meanwhile, Rico Mariani says in that same article that the code name for VB version 1 was named "Thunder". Befitting. .NET news What’s new in Windows Forms in .NET 6.0 Preview 5Package ValidationAnnouncing .

Did you know? There are over 220 billion (yes, billion!) lines of COBOL still in use today! It sounds crazy, but it's true. A substantial part of the US government on both the federal and state level use COBOL as well as finance and private industry have COBOL systems. Many .NET developers hope that .NET will someday have this legacy, but this happened in part because of the extreme expense of mai

Did you know? C# has a goto statement. It's true. But before you run out there to try this in your code, this is a great time to paraphrase the words of the honorable scientist Ian Malcolm in Jurassic Park: "Your developers were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should". Definitely stop and think if you "should" before using goto. .NET news

Did you know? There are over 30 languages that target the .NET CLI. The .NET CLI is an open specification of the runtime environment of the .NET framework. Perhaps you're getting bored with the same old .NET language. Why not try something like Cobra or X#? .NET news Introducing the .NET Upgrade Assistant Preview Announcing Entity Framework Core 6.0 Preview 2 Announcing .NET 6 Preview 2 Public p

Did you know? Windows used to be called Interface Manager. Interface Manager was supposed to be the name of the product, but was changed to Windows to solidify Microsoft's branding. In 1983 at Comdex, Windows was announced to the world. Naming is hard! .NET news There's not a lot of .NET news happening at the moment. But there have been a few previews released in the previous month, and an upda

Happy February! Do you know this computing trivia fact? Why is the C language is named C? Because it comes after B. It almost seems too simple. But we're not kidding! .NET news Happy 10th Birthday, NuGet! The Plan for Entity Framework Core 6.0 Diagnostics improvements in .NET 5 Azure Active Directory’s gateway is on .NET Core 3.1 Windows Terminal Preview 1.6 Release Featured Content How to be