The announcement came three months after .NET 7 was launched in general availability, but this is the first preview release of the tech giant’s next LTS (long-term support) version of the framework. Microsoft .NET 8 brings several tools, but the tech giant highlights the Ahead-of-Time (AOT) compilation in Native AOT and .NET Container images, which improves startup time, battery life, and memory footprint. Jeremy Likness, Principal Product Manager for .NET. Read along to find out how you can download and install Microsoft .NET 8.
How to download Microsoft .NET 8
1 Go to Download .NET 8 page. 2. Depending on your need, you can choose Build apps – SDK or Run apps – Runtime. 3. Choose whichever platform you’ll be running it on. In this case, we’re choosing Windows x86 for app developers, which is compatible for Visual Studio 2022 (v17.6 Preview 1) users. 4. Double-click on the file once the download is finished. 5. Click Install. What are your thoughts on Microsoft .NET 8? Let us know in the comments!
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