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Chapter 3. Features and benefits

3.1. Current features and benefits
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.NET 10.0 provides several key features and benefits across its runtime, libraries, and frameworks.

3.1.1. Core .NET features
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The .NET platform includes core framework libraries, compilers, build tools, NuGet package management, and a command-line interface (CLI).

Key benefits of the core .NET runtime and libraries include:

  • Automatic memory management
  • Type safety
  • Delegates and lambdas
  • Generic types
  • Language Integrated Query (LINQ)
  • Async programming
  • Native interoperability
  • Source generators

3.1.2. ASP.NET Core 10.0 and EF Core 10.0
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.NET 10.0 supports ASP.NET Core 10.0 and Entity Framework (EF) Core 10.0.

Benefits of using ASP.NET Core include:

  • A lightweight and modular HTTP request pipeline
  • The ability to host on a web server or self-host in your own process
  • Support for true side-by-side application versioning
  • Integrated support for creating and using NuGet packages
  • A single, aligned web stack for web UI and web APIs
  • Cloud-ready, environment-based configuration
  • Built-in support for dependency injection
  • Tooling that simplifies modern web development

3.2. New features and benefits
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.NET 10.0 continues to broaden its support and tools for application development in an open source environment. The latest version of .NET includes the following improvements:

  • The Software Development Kit (SDK) supports the C# 14 and F# 10 programming languages.
  • The SDK includes a new dnx command for direct execution of .NET tools. The SDK can also run C# files directly, without requiring a C# project file.
  • Performance is improved across the base library, garbage collector (GC), and just-in-time (JIT) compiler.
  • New APIs are introduced for Post-Quantum Cryptography, including the ML-KEM, ML-DSA, and SLH-DSA algorithms.
  • The ZipArchive APIs are extended with asynchronous support.
  • The new WebSocketStream class allows you to work with the WebSocket protocol using the standard Stream abstraction.
  • System.Text.Json adds support for rejecting duplicate properties.
  • ASP.NET Core 10.0 enhances its support for OpenAPI and adds support for passkey authentication.
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