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  Entity Framework Core 6: What Developers Want

  Microsoft outlined its plan for Entity Framework Core 6, which in November will take its place as the data access component of the landmark .NET 6, a long-term support (LTS) release that will mark Microsoft's transition from the Windows-only .NET Framework to an open source, cross-platform umbrella offering of all things .NET.
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  AWS Open Sources .NET Porting Assistant GUI

  After previously open sourcing components of its Porting Assistant for .NET, Amazon Web Services open sourced the tool's GUI.
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  .NET Core Ranks High Among Frameworks in New Dev Survey

  .NET Core placed high in a web-dominated ranking of development frameworks published by CodinGame, which provides a tech hiring platform.
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  Here's a One-Stop Shop for .NET 5 Improvements

  Culled from reams of Microsoft documentation, here's a high-level summary of what's new for performance, networking, diagnostics and more, along with links to the nitty-gritty details for those wanting to dig in more.