The 15 Most Important New Features In .Net 7 (Preview 5)
The next milestone and a look at the current state
All corners of the new version offer significant improvements: from code generation to new APIs, better performance, and fix problems over to numerous changes in the entire ecosystem.
Their principle to “build in public” means that we can get an idea quickly and early on while getting feedback. However, we can most likely expect the final version.
This works well and seems well received in the community whenever social media and GitHub pages post anything about it.
Many changes are awaiting you in the upcoming version 7 of .NET. The first impression is tricky because the previews only describe the particularly comprehensive or complex changes. It is about time to break it down.
Disclaimer: .NET 7 is a preview release when writing this article, so features may still change or even be dropped from the final release.
1. New APIs for Tar Archives
An entirely new feature in .NET 7 is the support for tar archives.
The framework gets the new assembly System.Formats.Tar. This cross-platform API allows you to read, write, archive, and extract tar archives.
