Tales from the .NET 8 Migration Trenches

Watch a conference talk from CPH DevFest 2024 where Jimmy Bogard shares practical insights and strategies for migrating legacy .NET 4.8 applications to .NET 8. Learn step-by-step techniques for incrementally modernizing enterprise web applications while maintaining production deployments. Explore powerful migration tools, analyzers, and approaches for updating common dependencies like Entity Framework, SignalR, and dependency injection containers. Discover how to handle legacy components, including Web Forms, through a safe and deliberate migration process demonstrated with real-world examples. Master the challenges of modernizing enterprise applications without requiring a complete rewrite, ensuring a smooth transition to current framework capabilities while preserving existing functionality.