.NET docs: What's new for February 2024

Welcome to what's new in the .NET docs for February 2024. This article lists some of the major changes to docs during this period.

.NET breaking changes

New articles

• Duplicate output for -getItem, -getProperty, and -getTargetResult
• Certificates checked before loading remote images in PictureBox
• InMemoryDirectoryInfo prepends rootDir to files
• Drive's current directory path enumeration
• .user file imported in outer builds
• Inline array struct size limit is enforced

.NET fundamentals

New articles

• MSTEST0008: TestInitialize method should have valid layout
• MSTEST0009: TestCleanup method should have valid layout
• MSTEST0010: ClassInitialize method should have valid layout
• MSTEST0011: ClassCleanup method should have valid layout
• MSTEST0012: AssemblyInitialize method should have valid layout
• MSTEST0013: AssemblyCleanup method should have valid layout
• CA2263: Prefer generic overload when type is known
• MSTest SDK overview
• What's new in containers for .NET 8
• What's new in .NET 8
• What's new in the SDK and tooling for .NET 8
• What's new in .NET 9
• MSTEST0007: Use test attributes only on test methods
• CA2262: Set 'MaxResponseHeadersLength' properly

Updated articles

• System.Reflection.Emit.AssemblyBuilder class - Update AssemblyBuilder.md with persistable AssemblyBuilder info
• What's new in the .NET 8 runtime - Split up what's new in .NET 8 by SDK/runtime

C# language

New articles

• Resolve errors and warnings related to assembly references
• new (C# Reference)

ML.NET

New articles

• How to format data for Named Entity Recognition (NER)

Home

Updated articles

• .NET documentation - Split up what's new in .NET 8 by SDK/runtime

.NET Framework

Updated articles

• Security protocols - Fix broken links
• Web Services Protocols Supported by System-Provided Interoperability Bindings - Fix broken links

Community contributors

The following people contributed to the .NET docs during this period. Thank you! Learn how to contribute by following the links under "Get involved" in the what's new landing page.

• BartoszKlonowski - Bartosz Klonowski
• Rageking8 -
• timdeschryver - Tim Deschryver
• mpidash - Mario Pistrich
• benbristow - Ben Bristow
• CollinAlpert - Collin Alpert
• hassanyahya400 - Hassan Yahya
• IlyaCk -
• kengorman -
• martincostello - Martin Costello
• michaelmcneilnet - Michael McNeil
• Mikoleusz -
• OQJAV - Anton Ermolinsky
• pedrobsaila - Badre BSAILA
• preardon - Paul Reardon
• Progman2002 -
• rcollina - rcollina
• rextor92 - Daniel Tsvetkov
• Saibamen - Adam Stachowicz
• tanvirx64 - Tanvir Ahmed
• ti777777 -
• TortillaZHawaii - Dawid Wysocki
• xtqqczze -