These minimal API projects make it easy to get our application up and running fast, by writing less boilerplate code. ASP.NET Core 7 further improved minimal APIs by adding support for filters.

In ASP.NET Core, the HandleAuthenticateAsync method is used in an authentication handler to encapsulate the code for authenticating a request. This method is a part of the AuthenticationHandler class.

So other components saw comparatively lighter changes, though.NET MAUI and Entity Framework Core got some interesting enhancements. [Click on image for larger view.] Blazor State Persistence (source: ...