Weekly .NET Roundup: .NET 10 Tools, WebAssembly, and STS Support
Coding updates this week focus on practical improvements for .NET developers, tool packaging strategies, performance, and changes to support life cycles. As .NET 10 nears release, content covers actionable planning advice for evolving within the .NET ecosystem.
.NET 10 Tool Packaging, WebAssembly, and Support Lifecycle Changes
Andrew Lock’s expanded coverage from last week’s .NET 10 RC1 preview addresses platform-specific tool packaging, new schemas for DotnetToolSettings.xml, and approaches for dual packaging to maintain support for older SDKs, as illustrated by Datadog and NativeAOT examples—continuing migration support started earlier. The latest ASP.NET Community Standup covers .NET 10’s WebAssembly runtime, outlining performance enhancements and migration tactics that build upon last week’s component feature improvements. Microsoft will extend .NET Standard Term Support to 24 months beginning with .NET 9, directly addressing prior migration challenges and adopting past recommendations for update planning.