The .NET User Group (Mauritius) recently hosted an engaging meetup focused on .NET 9 and how .NET has been evolving in general. With about 35 attendees from different professional backgrounds and affiliations, the event took place at SD Worx Mauritius.

Evolutions of .NET for an Architect

To kickoff the first session, I presented a little overview of .NET 9 and what is coming next without diving into too much details. Instead I zoned in on how should Senior/Lead Developers and Architects use such information in their day to day work, focusing on:

• Understanding the .NET iterations (standard and long term support)
• Staying up-to-date on the changes happening during preview modes
• Interpreting that information to extract actionable tasks for your company
• Planning and executing such a migration of technology

It was a bit different from my usual coding sessions since this requiring a lot more of introspection and open-mindedness from the audience. After all, everyone wants to jump to the latest tech - but asking yourself if you need to can be akin to an existential crisis!

.NET 9 and What’s in it?

Yash B. and Samanta L. presented next on .NET 9 and the new features being added to it. They made sure to include some code snippets to concretize their explanations and did a broad sweep of everything new.

Yash and Samanta (also from the .NET User Group community) co-presented their first session in a meetup ever! Shoutout to our budding stars for this amazing first step

If I am being honest, I did not know about everything they presented! So even though I myself am staying in touch with the progress of .NET, I learned quite a bit from their presentation. They covered:

• The cloud-native focus of .NET 9 and how new features are being added to help
• The performance boosts and optimizations at different levels including in C# itself
• Library enhancements that are already here, and soon to come
• Further enhancements to allow easier and better integration of AI with .NET

And it’s a burrito (wrap)!

All in all, it was a wonderful event organized in record time (less than a week of public announcement!) with a great audience and amazing speakers.

The willingness of SD Worx Mauritius to quickly accommodate for the needs of this event - even going so far as to organize food catering and goodies - was greatly appreciated. The staff also remained present till the end of the event in the evening and made sure to help entertain the guests and keep a lively atmosphere.

Till the next one, stay techy :)

If you want to join .NET User Group (Mauritius) and participate in the next events, feel free to reach out to me on LinkedIn