upgrade to .net 8, update all dependencies

Author: jheinath

.github/workflows/main.yml

@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     # uses GitHub's checkout action to checkout code form the master branch
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.7
 
     - name: Setup dotnet
-      uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v3
+      uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v4.0.1
       with:
-        dotnet-version: '6.0.403' # Check for latest at link at .NET 6 download page
+        dotnet-version: '8.0.401'
     - run: dotnet build
     - run: dotnet publish ConwaysGameOfLifeBlazorWASM.csproj -c Release -o release --nologo
 

ConwaysGameOfLifeBlazorWASM.csproj

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.BlazorWebAssembly">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.WebAssembly" Version="6.0.10" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.WebAssembly.DevServer" Version="6.0.10" PrivateAssets="all" />
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Net.Http.Json" Version="5.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.WebAssembly" Version="8.0.8" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.WebAssembly.DevServer" Version="8.0.8" PrivateAssets="all" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Net.Http.Json" Version="8.0.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>

ConwaysGameOfLifeBlazorWASM.sln

@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ VisualStudioVersion = 16.0.31410.357
 MinimumVisualStudioVersion = 10.0.40219.1
 Project("{9A19103F-16F7-4668-BE54-9A1E7A4F7556}") = "ConwaysGameOfLifeBlazorWASM", "ConwaysGameOfLifeBlazorWASM.csproj", "{7E64EC65-2617-43C5-B552-85D65B675FF5}"
 EndProject
+Project("{2150E333-8FDC-42A3-9474-1A3956D46DE8}") = "SolutionItems", "SolutionItems", "{5E170CC4-92A5-4F63-94BF-8107310D1AE6}"
+	ProjectSection(SolutionItems) = preProject
+		.github\workflows\main.yml = .github\workflows\main.yml
+	EndProjectSection
+EndProject
 Global
 	GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution
 		Debug|Any CPU = Debug|Any CPU