# F# Weekly #11, 2020 – OpenSilver & Rider “.NET Core edition”

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**Category:** General\
**Tags:** news\
**Created:** [March 13, 2020, 7:07pm UTC](https://forums.fsharp.org/t/f-weekly-11-2020-opensilver-rider-net-core-edition/1228 "2020-03-13T19:07:51Z")\
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Welcome to F# Weekly,  
A roundup of F# content from this past week:

**News**

- [Say hello to Rider “.NET Core edition”](https://twitter.com/JetBrainsRider/status/1238094722922618880)
- [Introducing OpenSilver](https://opensilver.net/announcements/introducing-opensilver.aspx)
- [Announcing the .NET Core Uninstall Tool 1.0!](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-the-net-core-uninstall-tool-1-0/)
- [Blazor WebAssembly 3.2.0 Preview 2 release now available](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/aspnet/blazor-webassembly-3-2-0-preview-2-release-now-available/)
- [Microsoft named a leader in The Forrester New Wave: Functions-as-a-Service Platforms](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/microsoft-named-a-leader-in-the-forrester-new-wave-functions-as-a-service-platforms/)
- [Visual Basic support planned for .NET 5.0](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/vbteam/visual-basic-support-planned-for-net-5-0/)
- [The Spring 2020 Roadmap for Visual Studio published](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/the-spring-2020-roadmap-for-visual-studio-published/)
- [What do you want to see next in ML.NET?](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/what-do-you-want-to-see-next-in-ml-net/)
- [Continuous integration and deployment for desktop apps with GitHub Actions](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/continuous-integration-and-deployment-for-desktop-apps-with-github-actions/)

**Videos and Slides**
- [The Frank Show](https://www.twitch.tv/videos/563421946?filter=archives&sort=time) - Frank Krueger
- [Building stuff with F#](https://www.twitch.tv/7sharp9_dev) - 7sharp9\_dev
- [F#, Fable and Ionide hacking - adding profiler to VSCode](https://www.twitch.tv/k_cieslak) - Krzysztof Cieślak
- [Functional Programming in .net](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BBo4cr6mKo&feature=youtu.be) - Ben Beattie-Hood
- [.NET Design Review: AsnReader/AsnWriter](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtiTXxroJT4&feature=youtu.be)
- [.NET Design Review: HttpClient JSON Extension Methods](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AHbjIS8_0I)
- [Collaboration between Teams: PowerShell and .NET!](https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/IT-Ops-Talk/Collaboration-between-Teams-PowerShell-and-NET)
- [Building a chatbot with vscode integration - Twitch Steam 1st March 1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEfXhMV0IXQ&feature=youtu.be) - 7sharp9

**Blogs**
- [My exploration of Rust and .NET](https://ericsink.com/entries/dotnet_rust.html) - Eric Sink
- [SOLID: the next step is Functional](https://blog.ploeh.dk/2014/03/10/solid-the-next-step-is-functional/) - Mark Seemann
- [A type provider for IL-2 Sturmovik: Great Battles](http://sharp-gamedev.blogspot.com/2020/03/a-type-provider-for-il-2-sturmovik.html) - Johann Deneux
- [One Strategy to Unit Test Giraffe HttpHandlers in F#](https://thesharperdev.com/one-strategy-to-unit-test-giraffe-httphandlers-in-fsharp/) - Morgan Kenyon
- [Baby steps with F# and functional programming](https://kevinavignon.com/2020/03/09/baby-steps-with-f-and-functional-programming/) - Kevin Avignon
- [Token Authentication with F#, SAFE and Fable Remoting](https://www.azurefromthetrenches.com/token-authentication-with-fsharp-safe-and-fable-remoting/) - James Randall
- [WebSockets with SAFE Stack](https://www.compositional-it.com/news-blog/websockets-with-safe-stack/) - Isaac Abraham
- [These aren't the types you're looking for](https://functionalfunsies.com/blog/2020/03/04/these-arent-the-types/) - Luis Ferrao

**F# vNext**

> <https://twitter.com/ChetHusk/status/1238244754124681216>

- [Please try the new Azure SDKs with F#](https://forums.fsharp.org/t/please-try-the-new-azure-sdks-with-f/1226)
- F# Language Suggestions:
  - [Allow records/DUs to have different visibility constructors to their fields](https://github.com/fsharp/fslang-suggestions/issues/852)
  - [Assign functions to getters and setters](https://github.com/fsharp/fslang-suggestions/issues/851)
  - [Inferred generic type definitions](https://github.com/fsharp/fslang-suggestions/issues/850)
  - [Auto-upcast values when type information is available](https://github.com/fsharp/fslang-suggestions/issues/849)
  - [Attributes for local `let`s](https://github.com/fsharp/fslang-suggestions/issues/848)
  - [Decimal, nativeint and unativeint literals](https://github.com/fsharp/fslang-suggestions/issues/847)
  - [Conditional let-bound functions](https://github.com/fsharp/fslang-suggestions/issues/846)
  - [Extend available suffixes for numeric literals](https://github.com/fsharp/fslang-suggestions/issues/845)

> <https://twitter.com/sergey_tihon/status/1236919244316606465>

**GitHub projects**

- [JetBrains/fsharp-support](https://github.com/JetBrains/fsharp-support) - F# support in JetBrains Rider
- [snuup/FSharp-File-Structure-for-Visual-Studio](https://github.com/snuup/FSharp-File-Structure-for-Visual-Studio/) - Visual Studio Extension for VS 2019 that provides a File Structure Toolwindow for F#
- [amazingant/Amazingant.FSharp.TypeExpansion](https://github.com/amazingant/Amazingant.FSharp.TypeExpansion) - Code generation tool that applies expansion functions to simple types
- [fsprojects/elliot-903-simulator](https://github.com/fsprojects/elliot-903-simulator) - Simulator for Elliot 903
- [ilmaestro/FsLamp](https://github.com/ilmaestro/FsLamp) - F# Text Adventure game engine.
- [aaronpowell/FSharp.CosmosDb](https://github.com/aaronpowell/FSharp.CosmosDb) - An F# wrapper around Cosmos DB's .NET SDK to make it more friendly for F# developers

**New Releases**
- [MiniScaffold 0.23.4](https://github.com/TheAngryByrd/MiniScaffold/releases/tag/0.23.4)
- [WebSharper.AspNetCore 4.6.1](https://github.com/dotnet-websharper/aspnetcore/releases/tag/4.6.1.127)
- [Feliz.PigeonMaps v0.4.0](https://twitter.com/zaid_ajaj/status/1237518887727464450)
- [FSharp.CosmosDb.Analyzer 0.1.1](https://www.nuget.org/packages/FSharp.CosmosDb.Analyzer)

> <https://twitter.com/JetBrainsRider/status/1238094722922618880>
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> JetBrains Rider @JetBrainsRider

That’s all for now. Have a great week.

Previous F# Weekly edition – [#10, 2020](http://sergeytihon.com/2020/03/07/f-weekly-10-2020-waypoint-perfolizer/)
