ASP.NET Core changes in .NET 9 MapStaticAssets

 MapStaticAssets is a new feature that enhances the delivery of static assets in web applications. It is intended as a  replacement for UseStaticFiles.  

MapStaticAssets offers key advantages over UseStaticFiles, including:

• Build-time compression:

  • Uses gzip during development and gzip + Brotli during publish, minimizing asset sizes.

• Content-based ETags:

• Generates ETags from the SHA-256 hash of each file’s content, ensuring browsers only re-download files when their content changes

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Samitha