C# Dev Kit 11 to Ship Alongside .NET 11 With Up to 180x Faster Loads

Microsoft will launch .NET 11 at its annual .NET Conf and upgrade C# Dev Kit from version 3.3 to 11.0, aligning its versioning with .NET for the first time. The extension was rearchitected for 22x–180x faster load times, 17x–19x faster builds, and 81–85% lower memory usage.

• C# Dev Kit jumps from version 3.3 to 11.0, matching .NET
• Load times improve 22x to 180x depending on workload
• Builds are 17x–19x faster and memory use drops 81–85%
• New C# Doctor and editing support for .csproj, .props, .targets