Comment by catapart
3 months ago
Literally just started building a game engine with .NET 9, so naturally there's an update within a week. -_-
Seems like a good update, though! And I'm glad it's early enough that updating the framework probably shouldn't break anything. Really as long as there's no issues with the DearImGUI dependency (would be a surprise!), I'm pretty happy about the update.
For most projects, upgrading between .NET version is quick and painless, usually just updating the TargetFramework and NuGet packages in your .csproj file.
I wouldn't worry. Updating .NET rarely breaks anything.
9 isn't an LTS version... always go with an LTS version.
That's... a strong statement. There is absolutely nothing wrong with going with a non-LTS version. You just have to update a little bit sooner, and that's it.
Especially with the recent extension of STS release support from 18 to 24 months [1]. Previously, upgrading from an LTS version to the next major (STS) version meant the support window decreased by half a year, while now it would stay the same.
[1] https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/dotnet-sts-releases-su...