The FileSystemWatcher class in the System.IO namespace can be used to monitor changes to the file system. It watches a file or a directory in your system for changes and triggers events when changes occur. 

For .NET and cloud developers, we’ve focused on improving the inner-loop dev experience. New .http/.rest files make it easier to test and iterate on your APIs directly in Visual Studio, while improved Dev Tunnels help streamline the configuration and management of your webhooks. We’ve also made it easier than ever to deploy your ASP.NET apps to containers.

Game developers can now view properties from base classes modified in an Unreal Blueprint asset without leaving the IDE. Visual Studio has improved the cross-platform development experience with a new remote file explorer, Linux Console output to the Integrated Terminal window, dev container improvements, and more.

Beyond individuals, Visual Studio also has new features to better support dev teams at scale, with exportable configuration files and a persistent update toggle helping ensure everyone on your team is working from the latest version of the tool.

This blog covers several of the top new features in Visual Studio 17.5—to see some in action, watch the Visual Studio 17.5 release video. As always lot of these features come straight from your feedback and suggestions. Your feedback is critical to help us make Visual Studio the best tool it can be! 

Here’s a quick list of what’s new in TypeScript 4.7!

ECMAScript Module Support in Node.js
Control over Module Detection
Control-Flow Analysis for Bracketed Element Access
Improved Function Inference in Objects and Methods
Instantiation Expressions
extends Constraints on infer Type Variables
Optional Variance Annotations for Type Parameters
Resolution Customization with moduleSuffixes
resolution-mode
Go to Source Definition
Groups-Aware Organize Imports
Object Method Snippet Completions
Breaking Changes
 

ASPNET Core has a lot of changes compared with the others versions of ASP.NET. One change I want to highlight is the new way to configure settings. With previous versions, this configuration was made by using the common file web.config, but this file simply doesn’t exist anymore in ASP.NET Core. Instead, a new easy way to declare and access to the settings is provided. Let’s take a look. 

In this episode, Robert is joined by Phil Japikse for a chat about design patterns. Software design patterns have been around long before the MVC Framework gained momentum. Phil starts with a review of Robert C. Martin's (Uncle Bob) SOLID macronym. After building the proper foundation,he reviews several design patterns, their C# implementation and when and how they should be used in modern software development. 

With the rise of multi-core processors and multi-threading, Asynchronous Programming has become an essential tool for building efficient and responsive C# applications. Fortunately, C# provides a rich library for making Asynchronous calls. However, this complex and advanced topic can be challenging for many developers. 

There have been a lot of interesting predictions for what may happen in technology for 2016.