.NET 8

[mathieu-benoit]

Let's update this app to .NET 8 - not GA yet, just graduated to Preview 7: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-dotnet-8-preview-7/.

Couple of notes in addition to that:

• CreateEmptyBuilder - https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/asp-net-core-updates-in-dotnet-8-preview-7/#webapplication-createemptybuilder --> CreateSlimBuilder instead: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/microsoft.aspnetcore.builder.webapplication.createslimbuilder + https://andrewlock.net/exploring-the-dotnet-8-preview-comparing-createbuilder-to-the-new-createslimbuilder-method/
• Native AOT - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/deploying/native-aot --> not yet, issue with linux-alpine --> https://andrewlock.net/exploring-the-dotnet-8-preview-the-minimal-api-aot-template/
• Alpine image dependencies changing - https://github.com/dotnet/dotnet-docker/discussions/4784
• Composite Docker images for Jammy Chiseled - https://github.com/dotnet/dotnet-docker/pull/4710
• Scanning Ubuntu Chiseled Images - https://github.com/dotnet/dotnet-docker/discussions/4739
• Update associated blog post: https://medium.com/google-cloud/c68ba253844a

[mathieu-benoit]

Not yet, final image from 31.7MB --> 101MB... not compatible with CreateEmptyBuilder nor AOT yet... let's wait a little bit more...

[mathieu-benoit]

RC1 just released:

• https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-dotnet-8-rc1/
• https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/asp-net-core-updates-in-dotnet-8-rc-1/
• https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/performance-improvements-in-net-8/#native-aot