Monday, January 26, 2026

Gael Fraiteur announces PostSharp 2026.0 with full support for .NET 10 and C# 14, including the new extension blocks syntax. This post explains how aspects now skip extension block members by default and how to opt in with AllowExtensionBlockMembers, plus a helper to detect compiler-generated metadata. If you maintain AOP in mature codebases, you'll see what changed in the framework baselines and what to review before migrating.

Rahul Bhandari and Tara Overfield share the January 2026 servicing updates for .NET 10.0.2, 9.0.12 and 8.0.23, all non-security patches with links to runtime, ASP.NET Core, SDK, EF Core, WPF and WinForms changelogs. This post helps you gauge update urgency and zero in on fixes that might touch your stack, and it notes that .NET Framework has no new updates this month.

.NET MAUI 10.0.30 SR3 doubles down on quality and developer experience with 100+ fixes across platforms, addressing navigation hangs, SafeArea quirks, and reliability in CollectionView, ScrollView, SearchBar, and Slider. This post also brings Android Material 3 opt in via a build property, sharper XAML binding behavior, refreshed docs and readmes, and sturdier testing so day to day MAUI work feels smoother.

Announcing the Windows App SDK 1.7.7 stable release, a focused maintenance update that steadies WinUI 3 development and fixes an issue that blocked Image Super Resolution on some devices. This post includes links to the release notes, NuGet, and WinUI Gallery for deeper details that may matter to your C# desktop apps.

Melisa Akkuş shows how the Repository Pattern frees your business logic from EF Core, Dapper, and SQL by hiding data access behind a simple interface, so your services stop thinking in LINQ. This post goes interface-first, explains why returning IQueryable breaks the abstraction, and shows that swapping implementations often comes down to a DI registration, yielding easier tests and cleaner services.

Richard Campbell talks with Azure CPO Jeremy Winter about what Azure is rolling out in 2026, from SRE and resiliency agents to Azure Migrate updates, Kubernetes Fleet, and HorizonDB. The focus is on how Copilot and new automation make .NET apps sturdier, migrations less painful, and multi-cluster ops more manageable, along with the impact of new, more efficient global datacenters. This podcast helps you spot the services that could cut on-call noise and shape a practical 2026 cloud roadmap.

J. Tower maps the real tradeoffs in choosing .NET MAUI vs Uno Platform by focusing on what you are optimizing for and the four questions that actually decide the choice: is web a first-class target, how broad your reach needs to be, native feel vs consistent visuals, and how complex your UI is. This post shows where MAUI’s native-control path fits and where Uno’s WebAssembly reach and design-system consistency pay off, plus a simple two-week prototype plan to test the decision on real workflows without months of debate.

Jonathan Tower interviews Sam Basu, Microsoft MVP and Lead Developer Advocate at Uno Platform, about the present and future of cross-platform app development in .NET. This podcast explores how a single codebase can target iOS, Android, WebAssembly, Windows, macOS, and Linux with Uno, why its native and Skia rendering paths matter for performance and design consistency, and how it compares to .NET MAUI, React Native, and Flutter.

Abhishek Yadav walks through the Factory pattern in C#, using a down to earth notification example and a Simple Factory implemented with a switch expression. This post shows how centralizing object creation reduces coupling, supports the Open Closed Principle, and keeps code easier to test, along with guidance on when to use the pattern and common pitfalls.

Dan Roth, Javier Nelson, and Larry Ewing talk about the future of Blazor! In this video, they walk through the themes and ideas they're considering for .NET 11 and open the floor for your questions, suggestions, and experiences to help guide their next steps.

Eriawan Kusumawardhono joins Robert Green on the Visual Studio Toolbox to show us how to use Copilot to modernize existing apps to use the latest technologies.

Ed offers his annual .NET web developer roadmap offering his advice on what technologies to learn and which ones to skip. He also covers other topics like the developer job market and his favorite .NET books and YouTube channels. (Though he left out my favorite. 😉)