.NET 10

Ten is becoming the main version for daily work: all new development, plus everything that can be migrated, goes onto it. The LTS has lived up to expectations — the field keyword and the other little C# 14 niceties are already second nature.

.NET 10 is the next LTS after .NET 8. We've started looking at it as the next baseline version for all projects. For now we're evaluating and testing it on a pilot service.

The interesting bit in C# 14 is the field keyword for property accessors — it finally puts the long-annoying backing field pattern to rest.