C# 14: The Null-conditional Assignment
In the previous blog posts about C# 14 you learned about
In this blog post, you will learn about another C# 14 feature: The null-conditional assignment.
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05Nov2025
22Oct2025
C# 14: The field Keyword – Or Should I Say: I Had a Dream?
In the last post about C# 14, you learned about Extension Members. In this post you will learn about the new field keyword of C# 14. I was already dreaming about it in the year 2008, and I blogged about my dream of half-automated properties. With C# 14, this dream has now come true. So, let's look at this new feature.
14Oct2025
.NET 10: Run Standalone C# Files Without Project
.NET 10 is around the corner. One of the super cool new features of .NET 10 is that you can run standalone C# files directly without creating a project.
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01Aug2025
C# 14: Extension Members
.NET 10 and C# 14 will be released in November 2025. So it's time to look at some of the planned new, cool features with a series of blog posts. Let's start with Extension Members.
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03May2025
Use Windows AI in Your WPF Application
With the rise of Copilot+ PCs that have a neural processing unit (NPU), you as a developer get new possibilities to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) in your Windows desktop applications. Instead of consuming a cloud-based AI model, you can use local AI models.
In this blog post, you will learn how to build a WPF application that uses a local small language model (SLM) called Phi Silica that comes pre-installed with Windows 11. Everything that you do with Phi Silica stays on your machine. Let's start by looking at Copilot+ PCs.
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18Apr2025
WPF in .NET 9.0: Hyphen-based Ligatures
In the last blog posts about WPF in .NET 9.0, you learned about Windows 11 Theming and about the Accent Color. In this blog post, let's look at a smaller feature called hyphen-based ligatures.
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11Apr2025
Fixing the Screen of my Google Pixel 6
In the past decades, I owned different phones, like Apple iPhone, Windows Phone, and since Google started the Pixel series, I'm using a Google Pixel. I had Pixel (1) XL, Pixel 5, and my current phone is a Google Pixel 6. It's amazing, even after 3.5 years the battery and the phone as such is still pretty solid. And now I even was able to repair a broken screen so easily, and instead of getting a new one, I'm continuing to using this phone.
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27Mar2025
WPF in .NET 9.0: The Accent Color
In the last blog post about WPF in .NET 9.0, you learned about Windows 11 Theming. In this blog post, let's take a look at another feature of WPF in .NET 9.0: The Accent Color.
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21Feb2025
WPF in .NET 9.0 – Windows 11 Theming
The Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) is a Desktop UI Framework that is part of .NET. Microsoft uses it to build Visual Studio. WPF got some nice new features with .NET 9:
- Windows 11 Theming
- The Accent Color
- Hyphen-based ligatures
In a little series of blog posts, let's take a look at these features. Let's start in this blog post with Windows 11 Theming.
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09Dec2024
C# 12: The Experimental Attribute
In the previous blog posts of the C# 12 series you learned about different C# 12 features:
In this blog post, you will learn about another C# 12 feature: The Experimental Attribute.
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