Heroku PaaS adds .NET support [Video]

Meeting a longstanding request from users, Salesforce’s Heroku — one of the original platforms as a service (PaaS) — has unveiled official support for .NET development. Heroku also made its Heroku Next Generation Platform available in a pilot. The company said the new platform, which supports cloud-native and AI applications, will become generally available in early 2025.

In a December 3 announcement, Heroku said developers now can build and deploy applications in C#, F#, and Visual Basic, leveraging frameworks such as ASP.NET Core and Blazor. In explaining its new .NET support, Heroku said .NET has evolved from a Windows-only framework to a cross-platform, open source ecosystem. Developers for years have relied on community-built buildpacks to run .NET apps on Heroku. Now .NET developers can expect a cohesive, reliable experience and consistent updates, rigorous testing, and quality assurance to build and scale applications, Heroku said.

A “getting started” tutorial for building a Blazor app using a Heroku PostgreSQL database is available at …