.NET Native AOT Articles, Tutorials & News
.NET Native AOT articles, tutorials, and news from the DotNetNews archive.
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Editor picks for Native AOT
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.NET 11 Preview 8: New Features and Breaking Changes Explained
c-sharpcorner.com Issue #501
Preview coverage is always helpful, especially when breaking changes are called out plainly.
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Native AOT vs JIT Compilation in .NET 11: Performance Benchmarks and Trade-Offs
c-sharpcorner.com Issue #490
Worth reading for teams evaluating deployment shape, cold start behavior, and the real cost of giving up some runtime flexibility.
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.NET 11 in depth: Runtime, libraries, and SDK for the AI era
youtube.com Issue #471
.NET 11 preview focusing on Native AOT improvements and AI-first development tooling enhancements.
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Writing Node.js addons with .NET Native AOT
devblogs.microsoft.com Issue #446
One of the more interesting platform posts here, showing how Native AOT can bridge .NET into Node.js addon scenarios.
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The Ultimate Clean Architecture Guide for .NET 9 (2026 Edition)
medium.com Issue #350
If you are evaluating .NET 9-era architecture guidance, this should offer a practical update.
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sleep-pc: a .NET Native AOT tool to make Windows sleep after a timeout
andrewlock.net Issue #293
A neat native AOT utility project that shows how small .NET tools can still feel very polished.
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Native AOT deployment в .NET
medium.com Issue #283
Memory leak postmortems are always useful because the symptoms are usually misleading.
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Creating a .NET CLR profiler using C# and NativeAOT with Silhouette
andrewlock.net Issue #352
A profiler built with C# and NativeAOT is an intriguing technical flex.
.NET Native AOT from the DotNetNews archive, curated for .NET developers who already ship production code. This is a reading list pulled from daily issues, not a substitute for the official docs on .NET Native AOT.
Use Start here for the editorial shortlist, then browse Latest or the full archive when you need more depth. Coverage leans toward Native AOT publish, Native AOT ASP.NET Core, self-contained Native AOT. Recent pieces worth opening: “.NET 11 Preview 8: New Features and Breaking Changes Explained” and “Native AOT vs JIT Compilation in .NET 11: Performance Benchmarks and Trade-Offs”.
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Newest Native AOT from the archive
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.NET 11 Preview 8: New Features and Breaking Changes Explainedc-sharpcorner.com Issue #501
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Writing Node.js addons with .NET Native AOTdevblogs.microsoft.com Issue #446
- Background jobs and security picks
DotNetNews Issue #368
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.NET 11 Preview 8: New Features and Breaking Changes Explained
c-sharpcorner.com Issue #501
.NET 11 Preview 8: Explore new features like runtime performance, Native AOT, and JSON serialization. Prepare for breaking changes.
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Native AOT vs JIT Compilation in .NET 11: Performance Benchmarks and Trade-Offs
c-sharpcorner.com Issue #490
Compare .NET 11 Native AOT vs JIT compilation. Explore performance benchmarks, startup time, memory usage, and trade-offs for cloud-native apps.
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.NET 11 in depth: Runtime, libraries, and SDK for the AI era
youtube.com Issue #471
Join Chet and Rich for a tour of how the .NET Runtime, libraries, and tooling are improving for .NET 11. You'll learn about investments in Native AOT, support for AI agents of all kinds, foundational ...
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Writing Node.js addons with .NET Native AOT
devblogs.microsoft.com Issue #446
C# Dev Kit is a VS Code extension. Like all VS Code extensions, its front end is TypeScript running in Node.js. For certain platform-specific tasks, such as reading the Windows Registry, we've histori...
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AI agents, auth, caching, and clean code
DotNetNews Issue #426
A varied .NET lineup covering AI agents, JWT and OAuth, Redis caching, distributed locks, Blazor, and event sourcing with real-world examples.
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C# design, AI upgrades, and ASP.NET Core
DotNetNews Issue #424
A mixed .NET roundup covering maintainable C#, AI-assisted legacy upgrades, ASP.NET Core configuration, EF Core mistakes, and performance tuning.
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MCP servers, .NET 11 Preview 2, and Copilot CLI
DotNetNews Issue #413
This issue covers MCP servers and SDK updates, .NET 11 Preview 2, MAUI, architecture testing, VS Code AI workflows, and container publishing.
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Background jobs and security picks
DotNetNews Issue #368
This issue covers schedulers, auth best practices, DI with Autofac, and several .NET fundamentals pieces, plus AI-assisted remediation and configuration.
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Creating a .NET CLR profiler using C# and NativeAOT with Silhouette
andrewlock.net Issue #352
In this post I look at how to create a simple .NET profiler. But instead of using C++, the profiler uses C# and NativeAOT with the Silhouette library
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The Ultimate Clean Architecture Guide for .NET 9 (2026 Edition)
medium.com Issue #350
As we step into 2026, .NET development has entered a new era. With the release of .NET 9, C# 13, major improvements in Native AOT…
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EF Core, C# features, and ASP.NET Core security
DotNetNews Issue #343
Practical .NET reads on EF Core configuration, C# language habits, ASP.NET Core pipelines, caching, security, and clean architecture.
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WebAssembly .NET
medium.com Issue #334
The definitive guide to WebAssembly as the ubiquitous runtime in 2025 — from .NET 10’s Native AOT compilation achieving 6x performance…
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State of Native AOT in .NET 10
code.soundaranbu.com Issue #329
After 3 years since my previous article on Native AOT, let’s find out how far AOT compilation in .NET has come.
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REST API Design Mistakes to Avoid (Practical Tips) .NET 9.0
c-sharpcorner.com Issue #327
Master REST API design in .NET 9.0! Learn to avoid common mistakes, leverage minimal APIs, and ensure security, scalability, and Native AOT compatibility.
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ASP.NET Core, architecture, and performance
DotNetNews Issue #324
A varied .NET roundup with Clean Architecture, ASP.NET Core REST API guidance, LINQ and memory fixes, plus Redis, SQL Server, and WebAssembly.
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Hidden .NET 10 features, CQRS, and observability
DotNetNews Issue #313
A varied roundup covering .NET 10, ASP.NET Core patterns, Docker and Kubernetes, auth, Azure Functions logging, AI validation, and performance.
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sleep-pc: a .NET Native AOT tool to make Windows sleep after a timeout
andrewlock.net Issue #293
In this post I describe a small native AOT .NET tool that I built to force a Windows PC to go to sleep after a timer expires
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Packaging self-contained and native AOT .NET tools for NuGet: Exploring the .NET 10 preview - Part 7
andrewlock.net Issue #284
In this post we look at the new support for platform-specific .NET tools, so that you can pack your tools as self-contained or Native AOT packages
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Native AOT deployment в .NET
medium.com Issue #283
Ahead-of-time (AOT) compilation can significantly improve startup speed and execution time, especially on the first run, but it comes with…
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Long Polling vs Short Polling: Which One Fits Your Real-Time App?
medium.com Issue #268
Understand the differences, trade-offs, and best practices for short polling and long polling — with real .NET and Node.js examples
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Azure SQL GA, EF Core filters, and Semantic Kernel
DotNetNews Issue #257
This issue covers Azure SQL GA features, EF Core global filters, Semantic Kernel, ASP.NET security, source generators, Aspire, and more.
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EF Core pipelines, ASP.NET filters, and C# basics
DotNetNews Issue #239
A varied .NET roundup covering EF Core release pipelines, ASP.NET Core filters, logging, testing, AI, and language fundamentals.
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C# fundamentals, EF Core, and Azure messaging
DotNetNews Issue #213
This issue covers C# language basics, EF Core guidance, Azure Service Bus, .NET 9, observability, performance, and native Windows apps.
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Memory leaks, EF Core, and API tuning
DotNetNews Issue #191
A mixed .NET roundup covering memory leaks, EF Core Count vs Any, ASP.NET Core API performance, dependency injection, and Azure DevOps tests.
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ASP.NET Core middleware, DI, and perf tips
DotNetNews Issue #174
A mixed .NET roundup covering ASP.NET Core headers, keyed DI, async performance mistakes, Semantic Kernel search, and .NET 9 internals.