# F# Weekly #8, 2021 - .NET 6 Preview 1 and a methodical approach to looking at F# compile times **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Tags:** news\ **Created:** [February 20, 2021, 6:55pm UTC](https://forums.fsharp.org/t/f-weekly-8-2021-net-6-preview-1-and-a-methodical-approach-to-looking-at-f-compile-times/1632 "2021-02-20T18:55:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
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Welcome to F# Weekly, A roundup of F# content from this past week: **News** - [Announcing .NET 6 Preview 1](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-net-6-preview-1/) - [ASP.NET Core updates in .NET 6 Preview 1](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/aspnet/asp-net-core-updates-in-net-6-preview-1/) - New Design for [F# for Fun and Profit](https://fsharpforfunandprofit.com/) - [Create your own Minecraft Server :: Farmer](https://compositionalit.github.io/farmer/tutorials/minecraft-server-aci/) - [CoreWCF 0.1.0 GA Release](https://corewcf.github.io/blog/2021/02/19/corewcf-ga-release) > **Videos and Slides** - [Building a Stock Market Monitoring System with F# | Introduction | StonkWatch Ep.1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojCO-Ph1qdE&ab_channel=BenGobeil) - [Setting Goals and Gathering Requirements for a Software Project | StonkWatch Ep.2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qPzfQAMnRE&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=BenGobeil) - [Machine Learning Community Standup - Deep Dive into ML.NET APIs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vmgv_HJmJkE&ab_channel=dotNET) - [.NET Conf: Focus on Windows | Visual Studio Toolbox | Channel 9 (msdn.com)](https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Visual-Studio-Toolbox/NET-Conf-Focus-on-Windows) **Blogs** - [Organizing MVU Projects](https://dev.to/kspeakman/organizing-mvu-projects-2218) - Kasey Speak - [Function Composition in F# with Unfriendly Functions](https://www.softwarepark.cc/blog/2021/2/19/function-composition-in-f-with-unfriendly-functions) - Ian Russell - [In Russia, The Gene Domain Models You | Jamie Dixon's Home](https://jamessdixon.com/2021/02/13/in-russia-the-gene-domain-models-you/) - Jamie Dixon - [The magical journey to Functional Wonderland](https://impure.fun/fun/2021/02/16/journey-to-functional-wonderland/) - Luis Ferrao - [F# on GCP AI Platform Notebooks](http://bloggemdano.blogspot.com/2021/02/f-on-gcp-ai-platform-notebooks.html) - Daniel Mohl - [Outbox pattern in F# with polling publishe](https://mcode.it/blog/2021-02-18-fsharp_outbox/) - Marcin Golenia - [Serverless with OpenFaaS and .NET | by Goncalo Oliveira](https://itnext.io/serverless-with-openfaas-and-net-6a66b5c30a5f) - [How do I get started with F#?](https://www.compositional-it.com/news-blog/how-do-i-get-started-with-f/) - Isaac Abraham - [ASP.NET Core Starts Path to Hot Reload, AoT Compilation, Blazor Desktop, More](https://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2021/02/18/aspnetcore-net6.aspx)- David Ramel **F# vNext** > - [A methodical approach to looking at F# compile times · Discussion #11134 · dotnet/fsharp · GitHub](https://github.com/dotnet/fsharp/discussions/11134) - [chkn/Xamarin.SwiftUI: Implement F# API for ViewBuilders](https://github.com/chkn/Xamarin.SwiftUI/pull/37?s=09) - [Doc/options by MaxWilson · Pull Request #11046 · dotnet/fsharp](https://github.com/dotnet/fsharp/pull/11046/) - New language suggestions - [Positional specifiers and custom formats for printf formats](https://github.com/fsharp/fslang-suggestions/issues/981) - [Type abbreviations for types specially supported by F#](https://github.com/fsharp/fslang-suggestions/issues/980) > **GitHub projects** - [pocketberserker/MessagePack.FSharpExtensions](https://github.com/pocketberserker/MessagePack.FSharpExtensions) - MessagePack Extensions for F#. / msgpack.org[F#] **New Releases** - [FSharp.Domain.Validation 0.9.78](https://github.com/lfr/FSharp.Domain.Validation/releases/tag/0.9.78) - [SqlBulkTools.FSharp 0.3.0](https://www.nuget.org/packages/SqlBulkTools.FSharp/) - [FSharp.Compiler.Tools 10.2.3](https://www.nuget.org/packages/FSharp.Compiler.Tools/10.2.3) - [Mappi 1.0.0](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Mappi/1.0.0) - [MKL.NET.Matrix 0.6.3](https://www.nuget.org/packages/MKL.NET.Matrix/) - [Dapper.FSharp 1.16.0](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Dapper.FSharp/) - [AltCover 8.0.815](https://www.nuget.org/packages/AltCover/8.0.815) > That’s all for now. Have a great week. If you want to help keep F# Weekly going, [click here to jazz me with Coffee](https://www.buymeacoffee.com/sergeytihon)! [![Buy Me A Coffee](https://cdn.buymeacoffee.com/buttons/v2/default-yellow.png)](https://www.buymeacoffee.com/sergeytihon)