Microsoft dropped .NET 10, so I updated my project immediately

.NET 10

When I found out that .NET 10 was released a couple of days ago, let’s just say I was a little excited about it. I was casually browsing Reddit, as one tends to do, when I randomly came across this bit of good news. The timing couldn’t have been better.

When I submitted my last bit of code for my Bachelor’s in July, one of the things I was looking forward to was taking a complete break from all things code, and from any sort of “real” work on a computer.

Obviously, I like programming, but years of coding for assignments with no real projects, in my humble opinion, to show for my efforts… Let’s just say the last four months have given me a much-needed break. I’m now back feeling refreshed, and with a bunch of new ideas and goals for the future.

About two weeks ago, I was brimming with all this renewed energy when I decided to update the .NET version of Klaro, the language flashcard app I had been working on before my break.

I hadn’t completed any new work on it, so I was pleasantly surprised to find out .NET 10 was about to be released. Considering how quickly you can spin up a new .NET Core project in Visual Studio, and the progress of the project at that point, it was just a matter of copying over some folders and… VOILA!

I didn’t actually check what the new updates were until today because, well… something something, don’t look a gift horse in the mouth. To be perfectly honest, I wasn’t fussed about the specifics. I can’t imagine the .NET team releasing anything other than a banger of an update.

If there were going to be any major changes, that was something future me could worry about. At that point in time, I just wanted the update on my PC and to be able to enjoy the newness of it all.

After reading the .NET 10 Core overview today, it doesn’t look like anything major has changed, at least where a web developer is concerned. Definitely a relief!

The main updates and enhancements that look most relevant are in:

Better form validation and enhanced performance? Yes, please!

Will updating the project right after .NET 10 drops cause some issues? Probably, but I’m excited to see what they are because hunting bugs is part of the adventure.

If you want to see what the updates and breaking changes are, and how they might affect you, you can have a look at the overviews provided by Microsoft.