Best of DevBlogs — August 2022

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   Windows Package Manager 1.3

   The Windows Package Manager Community Repository will begin accepting submissions for other portable packages after the upgrade has rolled out to a majority of the user base. This should take about one week. If you want to submit a pull request, go ahead.

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   Python in Visual Studio Code – August 2022 Release

   The August 2022 release of the Python and Jupyter extensions for Visual Studio Code are now available. The Python extension walkthrough has been improved to more easily guide users to installing Python when needed. A new Python Tools extension template allows you to create a VS Code extension for your favorite Python linter or formatter.

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   Announcing TypeScript 4.8 RC

   The RC now has support for excluding which files are considered in auto-imports. These changes affect how intersection and union types work and are leveraged in how TypeScript narrows types. Grabs the first element of a tuple if it's assignable to 'number' and returns 'never' if it can't find one.

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   .NET 6 is now in Ubuntu 22.04

   .NET 6 is now in Ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy) and can be installed with just apt install dotnet6.NET in Chiseled Ubuntu Containers.NET delivers the smallest container footprint while still being the Ubuntu you know and trust.NET is similar to conventional distroless, with a tool that is customized for slicing.deb packages. The images will be offered in our nightly repos.

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