Jon Douglas

Author Jon Douglas is a Principal Program Manager for NuGet at Microsoft. In his spare time he is most likely spending time with his family, performing comedy improv, or playing video games. Principal Tech Program Manager Jon is a Principal Program Manager on the Developer Division Community team, working on .NET and supporting .NET live streams and virtual events. He's the author of several programming books, tutorials and video courses on .NET development.

July 16th, 2024 Despite significant technological progress in addressing complex security threats, the key to preventing the next attack lies in adhering to fundamental security principles. It’s essential to ensure the software ecosystem is secure, focusing on protecting .NET developers who design, build, and maintain the critical software we all use.

October 10th, 2023 .NET 8 RC2 is now available. This is our last release candidate. This release includes new NuGet package READMEs for .NET packages, simple CLI-based project evaluation for MSBuild, publishing containers to tar.gz archives, and Tensor Primitives for .NET. The dates for .NET Conf 2023 have been announced! Join us November 14-16, 2023 to celebrate the .NET 8 release! Download .NET 8 RC2 for Linux, macOS, and Windows.