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What’s New in the All-in-One .NET MAUI Templates Pack v8.0

As the name suggests, it has a slew of features under the hood to work with .NET MAUI.

To effectively support the Stable channel release of .NET MAUI 10, both the CLI NuGet package and the Visual Studio extension of the All-in-One .NET MAUI Templates Pack have been updated.

This v8.0 is the key enhancement for .NET MAUI 10. Check out the articles for v7.9, v7.10, and v7.11 for the feature set.

To know more about all the features of this template pack, refer to the series of articles listed here.

And to learn about key features by MAUI version, check these articles:

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.NET .NET 10 .NET 8 .NET 9 .NET MAUI .NET MAUI 10 .NET MAUI 9 Android Aspire Blazor C# CLI Desktop Developer Extensions F# General Getting Started Hybrid iOS macOS Mobile NuGet Templates Tools Visual Studio VS Code VS2022 VS2026 Web What's New What's New Windows Xamarin Xamarin.Forms XAML

What’s New in the All-in-One .NET MAUI Templates Pack v7.11

As the name suggests, has a slew of features under the hood to work with .NET MAUI.

To effectively support the RC release (with Go-Live support) of .NET MAUI 10, both the CLI NuGet package and the Visual Studio extension of the All-in-One .NET MAUI Templates Pack have been updated.

This is the third set of enhancements for .NET MAUI 10. Check out the v7.9 and v7.10 articles for the feature set.

To know more about all the features of this template pack, refer to the series of articles listed here.

And to learn about key features by MAUI version, check these articles:

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Integrating .NET MAUI with Aspire: A Comprehensive Guide

Aspire is now the talk of the town. You can build and orchestrate all the dependencies from one single place. In fact, it’s stack streamlined. Learn more about Aspire here.

This article discusses how to integrate .NET MAUI, Microsoft’s cross-platform UI framework, with Aspire.

Aspire supports .NET by default, but since .NET MAUI is designed for multi-targeting from a single project, it presents a minor issue. I’ll offer a workaround until it’s officially supported (coming soon).

For this, I’m using .NET 10 File-based Apps for simplicity. Aspire v9.5 supports this new feature. Consult this article to know more about C# File-apps.

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How to Install and Use Microsoft Edit for Simple CLI Text Edits

Want to quickly update a configuration file or edit a solution or project file? Then Microsoft Edit is the ultimate choice. It is a lightweight and easy-to-use text editor from the command line. You can do all this without ever having to switch context.

How to Install:

Plans are to add it to Windows OS soon, making it useful in places where third-party software can’t be installed.

For now, the easiest option to install this editor is using winget:

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Using C# Ignored Directives: A Guide for Programmers

C# – Preprocessor Directives are highly useful for writing code that can be compiled conditionally, depending on factors like the target framework, target platform, or build configuration.

For example:

#if NET9_0_OR_GREATER
// The code within this block will execute only on .NET 9 or higher
#endif

#if ANDROID
// The code within this block will execute only on the Android OS
#endif

#if DEBUG
// The code within this block will execute only in Debug mode
#endif

C# – Ignored Directives have a similar syntax but are ignored by the compiler because they are for tooling.

The real purpose of this feature is to execute a C# source file directly from the CLI. It doesn’t need a project file. Now, even the plain console app requires a project file, despite the much-simplified top-level statements feature.