ASP.NET Core 8.0 Features:

1. SINGLE .NET PLATFORM: .NET 5.0 WAS DESIGNED TO BE A UNIFIED PLATFORM THAT COMBINED .NET CORE, .NET FRAMEWORK, AND XAMARIN. THIS UNIFIED PLATFORM MADE IT EASIER FOR DEVELOPERS TO TARGET A BROADER RANGE OF PLATFORMS WITH A SINGLE CODEBASE. 2. PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS: .NET 5.0 BROUGHT PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS ACROSS THE BOARD, WITH ENHANCEMENTS TO THE RUNTIME, GARBAGE COLLECTOR, AND VARIOUS LIBRARIES. IT AIMED TO DELIVER FASTER PERFORMANCE FOR BOTH SERVER AND CLIENT APPLICATIONS. 3. SUPPORT FOR CONTAINERIZED APPLICATIONS: .NET 5.0 CONTINUED THE STRONG SUPPORT FOR CONTAINERIZED APPLICATIONS, MAKING IT EASIER TO DEPLOY AND RUN .NET APPLICATIONS IN CONTAINERIZED ENVIRONMENTS USING TECHNOLOGIES LIKE DOCKER. 4. C# 9.0: .NET 5.0 INCLUDED THE LATEST VERSION OF THE C# PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE, C# 9.0, WHICH INTRODUCED FEATURES LIKE RECORDS, PATTERN MATCHING ENHANCEMENTS, AND MORE. 5. ASP.NET CORE IMPROVEMENTS: ASP.NET CORE, THE WEB FRAMEWORK IN THE .NET ECOSYSTEM, RECEIVED UPDATES IN TERMS OF PERFORMANCE, FEATURES, AND TOOLING. BLAZOR, A FRAMEWORK FOR BUILDING INTERACTIVE WEB APPLICATIONS USING C# AND .NET, ALSO SAW IMPROVEMENTS. 6. EF CORE 5.0: ENTITY FRAMEWORK CORE, THE OBJECT-RELATIONAL MAPPING (ORM) FRAMEWORK FOR .NET, WAS UPDATED TO VERSION 5.0 WITH NEW FEATURES AND IMPROVEMENTS.