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GitHub for .NET Developers Articles, Tutorials & News
GitHub for .NET Developers articles, tutorials, and news from the DotNetNews archive.
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This DotNetNews topic collects GitHub for .NET developers material from the daily archive. GitHub for .NET Developers shows up when .NET code leaves the laptop and has to run under cloud, container, or CI constraints. The page is for people who already ship C# and need a faster way to find relevant posts.
Expect publisher tutorials, release notes, architecture write-ups, and field notes linked from DotNetNews issues. Start here is a short editorial shortlist for GitHub for .NET Developers; the archive list is chronological and larger. Nothing here claims every article was production-tested by the editors.
Recurring subtopics in recent issues include GitHub C#, open source .NET GitHub, GitHub repos .NET, and github. Secondary angles such as GitHub for .NET developers and GitHub C# appear when the archive actually covered them. Related hubs such as GitHub Actions for .NET and GitHub Copilot for C# and .NET cover adjacent problems.
Each card points at the original publisher URL and the DotNetNews issue that carried it, so you can read the article in context or jump straight to the source.
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Editor picks for GitHub
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GitHub Copilot Workspace for Enterprise Teams: A Complete .NET Guide
c-sharpcorner.com Issue #487
Copilot guidance for larger teams is where the discussion gets practical: planning, review flow, and governance matter more than novelty.
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Stop Copy-Pasting to NuGet: How to Automate Package Publishing via GitHub Actions
muhammadirwanto.medium.com Issue #470
Straightforward automation content, but still valuable; package publishing is exactly the kind of toil GitHub Actions should remove.
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Remembering Planet Source Code: Sharing Code Before GitHub Made It Easy
pietschsoft.com Issue #452
A nice bit of community history that reminds newer developers how code sharing evolved before GitHub became the default.
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Visual Studio March Update - Build Your Own Custom Agents
devblogs.microsoft.com Issue #428
This month's Visual Studio update gives you new ways to customize GitHub Copilot.
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Visual Studio at GDC Festival of Gaming 2026
devblogs.microsoft.com Issue #412
A broad look at the dev workflow around VS, Copilot, and gaming tooling.
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Fetching GitHub content from C#
blog.elmah.io Issue #341
Fetching GitHub content from C# is a handy pattern for apps that treat repo assets as inputs.
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Creating Your First GitHub Repository
c-sharpcorner.com Issue #319
A beginner-friendly GitHub primer that stays useful because repository basics still matter.
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Don’t Just Build — Test, Ship, and Iterate with a Reliable .NET Core Boilerplate
adilyousaf88.medium.com Issue #269
A reliable .NET Core boilerplate article promises more than scaffolding: testability, shipping discipline, and iteration habits.
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What I Learned During My First Software Engineering Internship
medium.com Issue #544
Lessons from working with C#, SQL, APIs, Git, and real development workflows at Comtrade System Integration.
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GitHub Specify
jesseliberty.com Issue #543
tl;drGitHub Specify (commonly seen as the specify CLI plus the GitHub Spec Kit) is a lightweight toolkit and workflow designed to make Spec‑Driven Development (SDD) practical. It scaffolds a spec‑firs...
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Copilot Review To The Rescue
jesseliberty.com Issue #543
For those who are following along with the evolution of my Blog Writing application: after the last revision (allowing follow-up questions to a query) Copilot evaluated my Pull Request and sent me an ...
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MCP: Server, Client & Protocol at GitHub
youtube.com Issue #542
Sam Morrow is a co-creator of GitHub's MCP, an MCP Spec Maintainer, and Copilot client developer. Find out the latest MCP features his team are shipping on both the server and client side, as well as ...
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How to Recover a Deleted File in Git After Pushing
c-sharpcorner.com Issue #541
Learn how to restore a deleted file in Git using git restore, previous commits, and parent commits without reverting the entire commit or branch.
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Copilot Code Review
jesseliberty.com Issue #540
tl;drCopilot code review gives every pull request a fast, consistent first pass — catching typos, missing null checks and small bugs so human reviewers can focus on architecture, design and higher‑ris...
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Today I will... review GitHub PRs
devblogs.microsoft.com Issue #540
Today I will show you how we can tackle one of the most common tasks when working in a development team or managing an open-source project, and that is working with Pull Requests. While we're going to...
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Building Architecture Gates for Copilot-Generated Pull Requests in .NET
c-sharpcorner.com Issue #540
Learn how to build architecture gates for GitHub Copilot-generated pull requests in .NET using automated checks to enforce design rules and code quality.
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Let's Learn .NET: Let's Learn GitHub Copilot SDK
youtube.com Issue #538
Join this beginner-friendly livestream to learn how to build agentic applications with the GitHub Copilot SDK for .NET, without implementing the agent loop yourself. Unlike calling a model API directl...
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GitHub Copilot Customize Tab: Managing MCP Servers, Plugins, Skills, and Canvases
c-sharpcorner.com Issue #536
Learn how GitHub Copilot's Customize tab manages MCP servers, plugins, skills, and canvases to extend AI coding workflows and customize enterprise developer experiences.
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Limit what NuGet packages can do in your project
meziantou.net Issue #534
When you add a NuGet package to a project, you often think about the runtime library only. In reality, packages can also import MSBuild props/targets and Roslyn analyzers. Those assets run during rest...
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.NET Data Community Standup: How to start contributing to Entity Framework Core
youtube.com Issue #533
Learn how to start contributing to the Entity Framework Core project. Where to start. How to build the repository. How it is layered. How tests work. Etc. 🎙️ Featuring: Jiri Cincura #efcore #ef #dotn...
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Building Architecture Rules for AI-Generated Pull Requests in .NET
c-sharpcorner.com Issue #532
Learn how to enforce architecture rules on AI-generated .NET pull requests using dependency checks, layering rules, forbidden references, and automated validation.
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Build Modern and AI-Ready Apps with SQL and GitHub Copilot in VS Code
youtube.com Issue #530
Learn how to go from local development to cloud deployment with a fully functional, AI-ready application powered by SQL Server. In this session, you’ll see how GitHub Copilot in VS Code streamlines da...
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Today I will... Modernize a .NET application
devblogs.microsoft.com Issue #528
Today I will modernize a .NET Framework application to .NET 10 using the GitHub Copilot modernization tooling built-in to Visual Studio. The tooling helps us upgrade applications running on legacy ver...
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Building Reproducible .NET Builds with Locked Dependency Graphs
c-sharpcorner.com Issue #525
Build reproducible .NET applications with locked dependency graphs to control transitive packages, prevent unexpected dependency changes, and improve build integrity across environments.
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.NET MAUI Community Standup: Inspect, Record, Create: .NET MAUI Meets GitHub Copilot Canvas 🤝
youtube.com Issue #523
Join us with Dominik Titl for a look at a new developer tool that brings inspection, layout analyzers, test recording, and GitHub Copilot Canvas together for .NET MAUI. See how developers and Copilot ...
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Build Production-Ready Agents with the GitHub Copilot Harness and Agent Framework
devblogs.microsoft.com Issue #518
Developers increasingly want to build agents that can reason about code, modify files, execute commands, interact with developer tools, and work across entire repositories. While GitHub Copilot alread...
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Building agent teams with Agent Framework, GitHub Copilot CLI and Squad
devblogs.microsoft.com Issue #514
Microsoft Agent Framework supports creating agents that use the GitHub Copilot SDK as their backend. GitHub Copilot agents provide access to powerful coding-oriented AI capabilities, including shell c...
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Using GitHub Copilot Modernization Agent to Upgrade Legacy .NET Applications
c-sharpcorner.com Issue #510
Leverage GitHub Copilot Modernization Agent to streamline .NET legacy app upgrades, automating tasks and identifying issues for efficient modernization.
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GitHub Copilot Agent for .NET Projects
c-sharpcorner.com Issue #508
Unlock .NET development with GitHub Copilot Agent! Automate tasks, accelerate features, and improve code quality. Your AI coding assistant.
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GitHub Copilot Enterprise Best Practices for .NET Teams
c-sharpcorner.com Issue #508
Unlock GitHub Copilot Enterprise for .NET teams! Master best practices for AI-assisted coding, ensuring quality, security, and maintainability.
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Modernizing Legacy .NET Applications with GitHub Copilot: A Practical Guide
c-sharpcorner.com Issue #505
Modernize legacy .NET apps with GitHub Copilot. Learn practical steps for refactoring, updating APIs, and improving code quality for future-ready solutions.
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Introducing Saucery.NuGet: Controlled NuGet Upgrades for Modern .NET Repositories
medium.com Issue #503
Keeping NuGet dependencies up to date should be simple.