With the release of .NET 8, Microsoft continues to evolve the C# language and developer experience by introducing Primary Constructors for Classes and Structs — a long-awaited feature that brings more conciseness and clarity to object initialization.

Whether you’re building APIs, domain models, or simple DTOs, primary constructors can make your code more readable and maintainable.

In this blog post, we’ll walk through what primary constructors are, how they work, and when to use them in your .NET 8 applications.