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 Show Notes "There's so much that we can talk about with. NET 10 and related things like C# 14. So I'm going to try and focus on a few of the highlights that are personal highlights for me So let's start with the language actually, C# 14."— Mark J Price

 Hey everyone, and welcome back to The Modern .NET Show; the premier .NET podcast, focusing entirely on the knowledge, tools, and frameworks that all .NET developers should have in their toolbox. I'm your host Jamie Taylor, bringing you conversations with the brightest minds in the .NET ecosystem.

 Today, we're joined by Mark J Price to talk about some of our favourite things in .NET 10 and his new four-part book series on, quite literally, everything .NET. Mark is one of the most prolific authors in the .NET space at the moment, and his new book series is shaping up to be a fantastic resource.

 "One of the things that I've always appreciated with Microsoft and their culture is that they have a very strong requirement that thing things are as backwards compatible as possible."— Mark J Price

 Along the way, we talked about the recent changes to the STS (aka Standard Term Support) lifecycle for .NET, brining more support to the odd numbered versions of .NET and giving companies more time to migrate from one version to the next. We also covered a very important point when it comes to either STS or LTS towards the end of the episode: essentially, keep your runtimes up to date, folks.

 This episode marks the fifth appearance of Mark on the show. Mark has been a wonderful collaborator over the years, and long may that continue. We joke about the fact that Mark deserves an award for the guest with the most episodes, but maybe he does deserve an award. Unless someone out there is willing to beat his record, of course.

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 Anyway, without further ado, let's sit back, open up a terminal, type in `dotnet new podcast` and we'll dive into the core of Modern .NET.

 Full Show Notes The full show notes, including links to some of the things we discussed and a full transcription of this episode, can be found at:  https://dotnetcore.show/season-8/the-paper-cuts-microsoft-actually-fixes-a-deep-dive-into-net-10-with-mark-j-price/

 Useful Links:  Mark's Books:  C# 14 and .NET 10 – Modern Cross-Platform Development Fundamentals Real-World Web Development with .NET 10 Apps and Services with .NET 10 Tools and Skills for .NET 10   Mark on GitHub Packt Publishing Discord .NET Pro newsletter  Supporting the show:  Leave a rating or review Buy the show a coffee Become a patron  Getting in Touch:  Via the contact page Joining the Discord  Remember to rate and review the show on  Apple Podcasts, Podchaser, or wherever you find your podcasts, this will help the show's audience grow. Or you can just share the show with a friend.

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We Are .NET

A podcast conversation with .NET author Mark J. Price covering highlights of .NET 10 and C# 14. Key topics include the new extension members syntax (extension blocks for properties, methods, and constructors), null conditional assignment on the left-hand side, file-based apps (running a single .cs file without a project file), and the extended STS support lifecycle now at 24 months. ASP.NET Core 10 improvements are also discussed, including automatic model validation for minimal APIs and auto-generated public partial class Program for integration testing. The conversation also covers Aspire 13's rebranding as a polyglot orchestration tool supporting JavaScript and Python, .NET MAUI's Linux desktop support via Avalonia, and the importance of keeping runtimes updated monthly.

The Paper Cuts Microsoft Actually Fixes: A Deep Dive into .NET 10 with Mark J Price