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Planning a .NET 11 upgrade? A developer's guide to the breaking changes that actually affect real apps, and what to test before you ship to production.

What's new in .NET 11 Preview 5 for developers: faster async, C# unions and closed hierarchies, build-time EOL checks, JSON Lines, Blazor SSR, and EF Core.

A walkthrough of what .NET 11 delivers for ASP .NET Core and Blazor developers: foundation improvements, Aspire integration, agentic web apps with AG-UI, and AI-assisted development. GA expected November 2026.

Agentic AI modernizes legacy .NET apps by mapping dependencies and refactoring at scale. Here is what it surfaces, and how the document layer should land.

Microsoft Build 2026 made agents the new application model. Here is what it means for .NET teams, and the one step agents still cannot fake

Microsoft Build 2026 highlights for .NET developers: AI agents move to production with Azure AI Foundry, MCP tools, and multi-agent orchestration. Learn why document workflows built with IronPDF, IronOCR, and IronXL are the reliable tools your agents should call.

Microsoft Agent Framework review: the successor to Semantic Kernel and AutoGen for building AI agents in .NET, with tools, workflows, and known limitations.

Iron Software's engineering team reviews .NET 11 Preview 4: Process API, Runtime Async, MAUI on CoreCLR, and the rough edges before GA.

A .NET library team's take on Milan Jovanović's case against premature API versioning, with the four compatibility rules that apply to REST APIs and NuGet packages.

Sharing some notes on the Aspire 13.2 release from the engineering team here at Iron Software.

A developer's review of .NET 11 Preview 3: C# 15 union types, Runtime Async V2 and JIT improvements, ASP.NET Core Zstandard, and MAUI updates.

Our developers break down .NET 11 Preview 2: Runtime Async V2, native OpenTelemetry for ASP .NET Core, smaller SDK installers, and what it all means for .NET developers in practice.

Iron Software Team's breakdown on Microsoft's .NET 11 Preview 1.

Learn why .NET expert Milan Jovanović relies on IronPDF for HTML-to-PDF generation in ASP. NET Core

Hatch CTO and newsletter creator Jakub Chodounsky shares pragmatic engineering lessons, the YOLO mindset, and when best practices hurt more than help.

Iron Software’s Recap of .NET Community Standup: Beth Massi, joined by Matthew Leobowitz and Gerald Versluis, showed how devs can build AI-powered, mobile-native web apps using Blazor, .NET MAUI, and AI Foundry.

Dives into how AI is being integrated into .NET, covering document processing, intelligent agents, and automation, topics that directly complement the workflows IronOCR, IronPDF and the rest of Iron Software tools help you build

An Iron Software developer shares what they're most excited about from Microsoft Build 2025. This blog highlights key .NET sessions from the event and serves as your developer-focused guide to what matters most from cross-platform updates to AI integration and performance tools.

This blog explains why developers should migrate from .NET Framework to modern .NET (6 and beyond). It covers the benefits of upgrading, common issues with legacy projects, and how tools like the .NET Upgrade Assistant and Iron Software simplify the migration process without requiring a full rewrite.

Microsoft's .NET Aspire 9.2 release brings powerful enhancements for building and managing distributed applications and at Iron Software, we're particularly excited about how these updates intersect with the tools our customers rely on.

This recap highlights key takeaways from Microsoft's .NET Conf: Focus on Modernization, including continuous modernization, advancements in cloud-native development, and how Iron Software's .NET tools support developers working with legacy systems and modernizing document workflows.

In this article, Microsoft MVP and Software Architect Milan Jovanović demonstrates how to generate professional PDF documents in ASP.NET Core using IronPDF. He walks through code examples, and key features that make IronPDF a powerful tool for .NET developers building modern web applications.

C# is a flexible programming language from Microsoft among other programming languages, excellent for crafting data structures and building various types of applications like console app, web, mobile, and desktop apps.

Iron Software supports the API-First development model with versatile .NET libraries designed for speed, collaboration, and reliability. From PDF generation to OCR and Excel processing, their tools enable developers to create robust, secure APIs quickly. With cost-effective solutions and accessible documentation, Iron Software ensures scalability, productivity, and high-quality results, empowering API-first organizations to thrive in today’s interconnected digital landscape..