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Description:
Developer platform

Type: Cask | Latest Version: 9.0.0-preview.7.24405.7,f79b68ef-768b-462d-a96a-33d7a8129021,94bcf8b454c20f901564223fcc5b4e76@0 | Tracked Since: Aug 13, 2024

Links: Homepage | @dotnet | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: dotnet csharp sdk runtime microsoft preview

Install: brew install --cask dotnet@preview

About:
The .NET preview channel provides early access to upcoming features and improvements for the .NET developer platform. It allows developers to build and test applications using the latest runtime, libraries, and SDK before general availability. Its main value is enabling teams to evaluate future changes and provide feedback to Microsoft.

Key Features:

Cross-platform runtime (Windows, macOS, Linux)
Unified SDK for building multiple application types
Access to upcoming language features (C#)
High-performance runtime with Just-In-Time (JIT) and Ahead-Of-Time (AOT) compilation
Extensive library ecosystem via NuGet

Use Cases:

Developing and testing applications with upcoming .NET features
Building cross-platform web APIs and services with ASP.NET Core
Creating desktop applications with MAUI or Blazor Hybrid

Alternatives:

dotnet – The stable release channel for production use, versus the preview channel for testing upcoming features.
mono – An older, open-source, cross-platform .NET implementation, largely superseded by the official .NET runtime.
java – A different managed runtime ecosystem with its own languages (Java, Kotlin) and frameworks.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Aug 13, 2024 6:47pm	9.0.0-preview.7.24405.7,f79b68ef-768b-462d-a96a-33d7a8129021,94bcf8b454c20f901564223fcc5b4e76	0	VERSION_BUMP	fb333e9a
Jul 9, 2024 6:38pm	9.0.0-preview.6.24327.7,95fc5ad6-2935-4afb-aaa9-6e3a85096c9b,df3060250716bf7813aa2e6258dbabf1	0	VERSION_BUMP	52fffba5