What's new in C# 11 - David Wengier - NDC London 2023

Discover the latest features and advancements in C# 11, including raw strings, pattern matching, async constructors, and more, and learn how they can improve your development experience.

Key takeaways

What’s new in C# 11, featuring nint and nuint types which don’t use boxing like int and uint do
Raw string literals, which allow for easier string interpolation and formatting, and can include non-escaped newlines and quotes
Pattern matching, including support for switch expressions and list patterns, which can simplify code and reduce boilerplate
Async constructors, which allow for asynchronous object creation
scoped properties, which allow for properties that can only be set once
Records with optional syntax, which can simplify the creation of immutable classes *ρεfstructs, which are a new type of struct that can be used on the stack instead of the heap
The possibility of creating static abstract interfaces
The use of attributes, including the ability to create generic attributes
The improvement of the compiler’s error messages and diagnostics
The support for.NET 7 and later, including the use of memory storage and UTF-8 strings.

What's new in C# 11 - David Wengier - NDC London 2023

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