.NET 7 and C# 11 New Features

Name: .NET 7 and C# 11 New Features
Rating: 4.2 (73 reviews)

.NET | C# | .NET Core | .NET Interview Essentials

Created byPraveenkumar Bouna

Last updated 8/2025

English

What you'll learn

Know the new features introduced in .NET 6 that includes how to master them, Azure services that support .NET 6, and the support platforms for .NET 6.
Know the new C# 10 features that includes global usings, file-scoped namespace, record & struct type enhancements, and DateOnly/TimeOnly types.
Understand the breakthrough feature, namely, Hot Reload, the supported platforms for Hot Reload, how to apply Hot Reload in CLI and IDEs.
Learn how you can migrate from .NET Framework to .NET 6.0 using .NET Upgrade Assistant that includes steps to install, analyse, and upgrade the proje
Build .NET Interactive Notebooks that allows to create highly interactive Notebooks that can use C#, SQL, & many other languages in the same notebook.
Know more .NET 6 features such as searching for ‘new’ templates, SDK workloads, Arm64 support and security enhancements.

Course content

5 sections • 32 lectures • 2h 27m total length

Welcome & About This Course2:10
Explore the new features in .NET 7 and C# 11, including C# 10 and C# 11 language features, hot reload, and the .NET Upgrade Assistant.
Overview of .NET Platform2:26
Recommended: Development Environment0:17

Introduction1:14
Overview of .NET 72:56
Understand dot net seven release cycles, including lps and sds distinctions, and learn upgrade steps, target framework monikers, and migration considerations for new and existing projects.
‘Required’ Modifier4:03
Learn how the required modifier enforces mandatory field initialization in C# 11, using the SetsRequiredMembers attribute and object initialization, with contrasts to init and constructor behavior.
Raw String Literals4:22
UTF-8 String Literals1:51
Auto-default Structs1:54
Auto-default structs initialize all fields to default values, such as empty strings and zero, as shown in an address struct with field initializers and the requirement for an explicit constructor.
File-scoped Types1:54
List Patterns3:27
Microseconds & Nanoseconds1:20
Explore C# 11’s microseconds and nanoseconds support in date and time types, using new properties to read these values and add microseconds across related types.
Support for Tar Files1:51
Explore .NET 7 tar file APIs to create and extract archives from directories, with options for overwriting and destination paths, demonstrated with JSON files.

Overview of .NET 615:15
Simplified .NET Development2:14
‘global using’ Directives10:30
Learn how global using directives consolidate using statements into a single file, apply across the assembly, remove duplicates, and leverage implicit global usings to reduce boilerplate in .NET 6 projects.
ACTIVITY: ‘global usings' Directives2:28
File-scoped Namespace3:36
Discover how file-scoped namespaces in C# 10 let you declare a file-wide namespace with a semicolon, eliminating braces, reducing indentation, and shrinking code clutter for cleaner code.
ACTIVITY: File-scoped Namespace2:02
Apply file-scoped namespaces across the CMS dot data dot repository project as part of the .NET 7 and C# 11 course, improving readability through hands-on practice.
‘record’ Type Enhancements2:40
‘struct’ type enhancements5:59
Explore enhancements to struct types in .NET 7 and C# 11, including property initializers, default values, top-level statements, and a parameterless constructor demonstrated with a student dto.
Constant interpolated strings4:07
.NET Upgrade Assistant23:52

Hot Reload22:34
Explore hot reload, a feature that lets you modify code during runtime to speed debugging, with CLI and Visual Studio support across project types, though it runs in debug mode.
New DateOnly and TimeOnly structs6:03
Explore how C# 10 adds date only and time only types, DateOnly and TimeOnly, to represent just the date or the time, with conversions from date time and use cases.
SDK Version Checking2:13
Search for ‘new’ Templates3:54
Explore dotnet new search to find templates from nuget.org for web projects, Blazor, ASP.NET Core, and other C# templates, and learn how to filter by keyword or author.
SDK Workloads3:07
Arm64 Support1:01
discover arm64 support in dotnet six, enabling development for apple silicon like M1 devices, through collaboration with ARM Holdings, Apple, and Microsoft.
Security Enhancements2:56

Requirements

C# basics, to understand the new concepts covered in the course.
Visual Studio Code or Visual Studio, to try out the new concepts you learn from this course.

Description

.NET is one of the most popular frameworks for developing web, desktop, and mobile applications. The use of C# has increased dramatically in recent years for product development. Companies such as Stack Overflow, UPS, GE Aviation, and Siemens utilize .NET as the framework for their software development. In this course, you will learn the new features introduced in the recent versions of .NET and C#.

Topics Covered In This Course

What's New in C# 11
- Overview of .NET 7
- 'Required' Modifier
- Raw String Literals
- UTF-8 String Literals
- Auto-default Structs
- File-scoped Types
- List Patterns
- Microseconds & Nanoseconds
- Support for Tar Files
What's New in C# 10
- Overview of .NET 6
- Simplified .NET Development
- 'global using' Directives
- File-scoped Namespace
- 'record' Type Enhancements
- 'struct' type enhancements
- Constant interpolated strings
- .NET Upgrade Assistant
What's New in .NET 6
- Hot Reload
- New DateOnly and TimeOnly structs
- SDK Version Checking
- SDK Workloads
- Arm64 Support
- Security Enhancements

More Reasons To Take This Course

.NET Core is increasingly used in every field and platform.
C# is the 1st choice among .NET developers for productive development.
Stay up-to-date with the latest technology.
Each lesson in this course is bite-sized and easy to finish.

This course provides about 3 hours of content along with practice activities. To help you better, it follows a step-by-step approach to learning new features introduced in the latest versions of .NET and C#.

At The End Of This Course

You will be familiar with the new features introduced in .NET 7 and C# 11.
You will be familiar with the new features introduced in .NET 6 and C# 10.
You will be ready to apply the new features to your existing or new projects.

This course will provide you with a comprehensive understanding of utilizing the latest .NET and C# features for your next development project. You will instantly be confident in applying the new concepts covered in the course.

Enroll now to get started.

Who this course is for:

Developers, who use C# as their primary programming language.
Architects, who wants to keep updated on the latest happenings in the development community.

.NET 7 and C# 11 New Features

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Course content

Course Introduction3 lectures • 5min

What’s New in C# 1110 lectures • 25min

What’s New in C# 1010 lectures • 1hr 13min

What’s New in .NET 67 lectures • 42min

Course Conclusion2 lectures • 3min

Requirements

Description

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