Open Source in Focus: .NET Projects and the Tools Behind Them | The JetBrains Blog

JetBrains highlights four notable open-source projects within the .NET ecosystem, each demonstrating the impact of developer experience on the sustainability of ambitious projects. Avalonia UI, a cross-platform UI framework, aims to become the leading .NET UI toolkit and has recently introduced new tools and controls. MudBlazor, a .NET-first Blazor component library, emphasizes stability and test coverage, with plans for substantial refactoring using tools like ReSharper. LINQ to DB, a mature data access library, focuses on improving expression tree translation and enhancing performance, leveraging JetBrains IDEs for efficient development. PeachPie, a PHP compiler for .NET, explores running PHP frameworks on .NET, with plans for future compatibility with Laravel and Symfony. These projects exemplify how effective tooling and developer ergonomics enhance maintainability and innovation in open-source development.