.NET Conf 2023 highlight day 2

The second day of .NET Conf 2023 featured a diverse range of sessions, highlighting various aspects of .NET 8 and related technologies:

1. Application Telemetry with .NET 8: Noah Falk and Sam Spencer discussed improvements in .NET 8 for application telemetry, focusing on logging extensions, data redaction, and new metrics support aligning with Open Telemetry semantic conventions​​.
2. Resilient Cloud Services: Martin Tomka provided a deep dive into the resiliency features of .NET 8 and its integration with the Polly library​​.
3. Hosting .NET 8 Web Apps: Byron Tardif explored the new platform features of App Service for hosting .NET 8 web applications​​.
4. ASP.NET Enhancements: Safia Abdalla and Stephen Halter highlighted new features in the ASP.NET stack, including metrics support and route tooling improvements​​.
5. Improvements in System.Text.Json: Eirik George Tsarpalis focused on the enhancements in System.Text.Json for Native AOT applications, including support for various new features and reliability enhancements​​.
6. ASP.NET Core APIs with Native AOT: Damian Edwards introduced support for publishing ASP.NET Core applications to native AOT, aiming for faster startup times and smaller, self-contained executables and containers​​.
7. C# Learning with freeCodeCamp: Scott Hanselman and Quincy Larson discussed the new Foundational C# Certification, a collaboration between freeCodeCamp and Microsoft, focusing on accessibility in computing education​​.
8. Leveraging .NET in Azure Functions: Matthew Henderson and Fabio Cavalcante showed how to build scalable, serverless applications in .NET using Azure Functions​​.
9. Visual Studio Updates for .NET Developers: Sayed Hashimi presented new features in Visual Studio, enhancing the development experience for .NET developers​​.
10. Best Practices for Cross-Platform .NET 8 Applications: Nick Randolph emphasized best practices for developing cross-platform .NET 8 applications, highlighting Microsoft Extensions and the Uno Platform Extensions for cross-platform scenarios​​.

These sessions provided insights into the latest developments in .NET 8, from application telemetry and cloud services to enhancements in ASP.NET, System.Text.Json, and tools for building cross-platform applications.