.Net programming continues to evolve
.NET 6 is here. As an evolving open source product developed by Microsoft, the long term release of version 6 has improvements in speed and productivity. With Visual Studio 22 hot reload, new git tooling, testing tools and team collaboration are just a few of the latest feature improvements.
Visual Studio 22 Development
C# 10 new language features reduce the amount of code you write. Faster and smaller microservices are easily written due to web stack improvements and minimal APIs.
.NET 6 is touted as the fastest full stack web framework. Cloud based apps should see lower compute costs.
.NET 6 core is a long-term support release (LTS) and is supported for 3 years with an end of support date of November 8, 2024.
What are you waiting for? Let's get programming in .NET.
.NET and .NET Core release lifecycle
Supported versions
The following table tracks release dates and end of support dates for .NET and .NET Core versions.
| Version | Original Release Date | Latest Patch Version | Patch Release Date | Support Level | End of Support |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| .NET 6 | November 8, 2021 | 6.0.1 | December 14, 2021 | LTS | November 8, 2024 |
| .NET 5 | November 10, 2020 | 5.0.13 | December 14, 2021 | Current | May 8, 2022 |
| .NET Core 3.1 | December 3, 2019 | 3.1.22 | December 14, 2021 | LTS | December 3, 2022 |
Out of support versions
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