Summary and Announcements from Microsoft Build
Another Microsoft Build has come and gone, bringing lots of news, but what really stood out about this edition is that it was 100% online and free. First of all, if you want to learn more about what Microsoft Build is, you can listen to the Pinta-NET podcast
where we talk about the history of the event and some interesting facts.
MAUI: The successor to Xamarin Forms was announced, but unfortunately we’ll have to wait until 2021 to start using it.
WINUI + Project Reunion: Great news for Windows development — both UWP and Win32 will be unified under the name WinUI 3.0.
Blazor WebAssembly: .NET is now available across the entire web development stack (frontend and backend).
Github Codespaces: We’ll be able to use the IDE directly from GitHub repositories.
Supercomputers: Microsoft is making strong moves in the supercomputing space with Azure, supported by a partnership with OpenAI.
C#9: A new version of the most widely used language in .NET.
Surface Duo: New features related to development on this innovative device.
In conclusion, I found the online event experience interesting, although having it on a regular workday was a bit exhausting. That’s one of the things we’ll miss until the in-person format returns. The broadcast worked very well and allowed for pausing and resuming, which I found very convenient for following the content without missing anything.
From a tech perspective, I see a solid future for .NET, although I believe the journey will be long and challenging. And I have no doubt the path will increasingly lead toward Artificial Intelligence and supercomputing.
If you want a more detailed breakdown of the announcements from each day, here are the posts we made with Xablu: