.NET 4.7.2 is for streaming data into memory between 2% (Unsafe Parse x86), 7% (Unsafe Parse x64) and 40% (Span Parse x64) slower than .NET Core. Especially the 40% speed drop for Span based Apis due to the lack of JIT support by the .NET Runtime is unfortunate.  

using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;

namespace ConditionalWeakTableSamples
{
    public static class AttachedProperties
    {
        public static ConditionalWeakTable<object,
            Dictionary<string, object>> ObjectCache = new ConditionalWeakTable<object,
                Dictionary<string, object>>();

        public static void SetValue<T>(this T obj, string name, object value) where T : class
        {
            var properties = ObjectCache.GetOrCreateValue(obj);

            if (properties.ContainsKey(name))
                properties[name] = value;
            else
                properties.Add(name, value);
        }

        public static T GetValue<T>(this object obj, string name)
        {
            Dictionary<string, object> properties;
            if (ObjectCache.TryGetValue(obj, out properties) && properties.ContainsKey(name))
                return (T)properties[name];
            return default(T);
        }

        public static object GetValue(this object obj, string name)
        {
            return obj.GetValue<object>(name);
        }
    }
}

    public static class ISecurityPrincipalExtension
    {
        public static bool Disclaimer(this IPrincipal principal)
        {
            return principal.GetValue<bool>("Disclaimer");
        }

        public static void SetDisclaimer(this IPrincipal principal, bool value)
        {
            principal.SetValue("Disclaimer", value);
        }
    }

using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;

namespace ConditionalWeakTableSamples
{
    public static class PropertyExtensions
    {
        private class ExtraPropertyHolder
        {
            public bool IsDirty { get; set; }
        }

        private static readonly ConditionalWeakTable<object, ExtraPropertyHolder> _isDirtyTable
                = new ConditionalWeakTable<object, ExtraPropertyHolder>();

        public static bool IsDirty(this object @this)
        {
            return _isDirtyTable.GetOrCreateValue(@this).IsDirty;
        }

        public static void SetIsDirty(this object @this, bool isDirty)
        {
            _isDirtyTable.GetOrCreateValue(@this).IsDirty = isDirty;
        }
    }
}

public void Closed(DbConnection connection, DbConnectionInterceptionContext interceptionContext)
{
}

using System;
using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;

namespace ConditionalWeakTableSamples
{
    public static class UniqueIdExtensions
    {
        static readonly ConditionalWeakTable<object, string> _idTable = 
                                    new ConditionalWeakTable<object, string>();

        public static string GetUniqueId(this object obj)
        {
            return _idTable.GetValue(obj, o => Guid.NewGuid().ToString());
        }

        public static string GetUniqueId(this object obj, string key)
        {
            return _idTable.GetValue(obj, o => key);
        }
    }
}

D:\Prog\1395\Core1RtmEmptyTest\src\Core1RtmEmptyTest>dotnet ef
                     _/\__
               ---==/    \\
         ___  ___   |.    \|\
        | __|| __|  |  )   \\\
        | _| | _|   \_/ |  //|\\
        |___||_|       /   \\\/\\
Entity Framework .NET Core CLI Commands 1.0.0-preview2-21431
Usage: dotnet ef [options] [command]
Options:
  -h|--help                      Show help information
  -v|--verbose                   Enable verbose output
  --version                      Show version information
  --assembly <ASSEMBLY>          The assembly file to load.
  --startup-assembly <ASSEMBLY>  The assembly file containing the startup class.
  --data-dir <DIR>               The folder used as the data directory (defaults to current working directory).
  --project-dir <DIR>            The folder used as the project directory (defaults to current working directory).
  --content-root-path <DIR>      The folder used as the content root path for the application (defaults to application base directory).
  --root-namespace <NAMESPACE>   The root namespace of the target project (defaults to the project assembly name).
Commands:
  database    Commands to manage your database
  dbcontext   Commands to manage your DbContext types
  migrations  Commands to manage your migrations
Use "dotnet ef [command] --help" for more information about a command.

 D:\Prog\1395\Core1RtmEmptyTest\src\Core1RtmEmptyTest>dotnet ef migrations add InitialDatabase

 D:\Prog\1395\Core1RtmEmptyTest\src\Core1RtmEmptyTest>dotnet ef database update
Applying migration '13950526050417_InitialDatabase'.
Done.

using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using Core1RtmEmptyTest.Entities;
using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;

namespace Core1RtmEmptyTest.Migrations
{
    public static class ApplicationDbContextSeedData
    {
        public static void SeedData(this IServiceScopeFactory scopeFactory)
        {
            using (var serviceScope = scopeFactory.CreateScope())
            {
                var context = serviceScope.ServiceProvider.GetService<ApplicationDbContext>();
                if (!context.Persons.Any())
                {
                    var persons = new List<Person>
                    {
                        new Person
                        {
                            FirstName = "Admin",
                            LastName = "User"
                        }
                    };
                    context.AddRange(persons);
                    context.SaveChanges();
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

public void Configure(IServiceScopeFactory scopeFactory)
{
    scopeFactory.SeedData();

public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
{
   services.AddDbContext<ApplicationDbContext>(ServiceLifetime.Scoped);

namespace Core1RtmEmptyTest.Entities
{
    public class Person
    {
        public int PersonId { get; set; }
        public string FirstName { get; set; }
        public string LastName { get; set; }

        public int Age { get; set; }
    }
}

 An unhandled exception occurred while processing the request.
SqlException: Invalid column name 'Age'.

D:\Prog\1395\Core1RtmEmptyTest\src\Core1RtmEmptyTest>dotnet ef migrations add v2
D:\Prog\1395\Core1RtmEmptyTest\src\Core1RtmEmptyTest>dotnet ef database update

 D:\Prog\1395\Core1RtmEmptyTest\src\Core1RtmEmptyTest>dotnet ef migrations script -o v2.sql

public Configuration()
{
   AutomaticMigrationsEnabled = true;
}

using Core1RtmEmptyTest.Entities;
using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;

namespace Core1RtmEmptyTest.Migrations
{
    public static class DbInitialization
    {
        public static void Initialize(this IServiceScopeFactory scopeFactory)
        {
            using (var serviceScope = scopeFactory.CreateScope())
            {
                var context = serviceScope.ServiceProvider.GetService<ApplicationDbContext>();
                // Applies any pending migrations for the context to the database.
                // Will create the database if it does not already exist.
                context.Database.Migrate();
            }
        }
    }
}

23,765 people from 137 countries took part in the recent State of JS survey and while there are some common criticisms of the project, the results are nonetheless interesting and we’ll be digging into some in forthcoming issues. Standouts include:

- Svelte took the top frontend framework crown from React for developer satisfaction.
- Testing Library jumped straight to #1 for testing libraries.
- More developers than ever are producing PWAs or using WebAssembly.
- 86% of respondents are using VS Code to work on their code.
 

 LINQ to Entities does not recognize the method 'System.String ToString()' method, and this method cannot be translated into a store expression.

 public Task<EditUserViewModel> GetUserByRoles(int id)
        {
            return _users.AsNoTracking()
                    .Include(a => a.Roles)
                    .Project(_mappingEngine)
                    .To<EditUserViewModel>()
                    .FirstOrDefaultAsync(a => a.Id == id);
           
               
        }

 C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0>csc /?
Microsoft (R) Visual C# Compiler version 1.0.0.50618
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.


Visual C# Compiler Options

 /analyzer:<file list> Run the analyzers from this assembly
(Short form: /a)

public class Student
{
    public int Id { get; set; }
 
    [Required]
    [StringLength(450)]
    public string LastName { get; set; }
 
    [Required]
    [StringLength(450)]
    public string FirstName { get; set; }
 
    [NotMapped]
    public string FullName
    {
        get
        {
            return LastName + ", " + FirstName;
        }
    }
}

 var fullNames = context.Students.Select(x => x.FullName).ToList();

 var fullNames = context.Students.Select(x => x.FullName).Decompile().ToList();

SELECT
           [Extent1].[LastName] + N', ' + [Extent1].[FirstName] AS [C1]
FROM [dbo].[Students] AS [Extent1]

[NotMapped]
[Computed]
public string FullName

public class StudentViewModel
{
    public int Id { get; set; }
    public string FullName { get; set; }
}

 var students = context.Students.Project().To<StudentViewModel>().ToList();

var students = context.Students
    .Project()
    .To<StudentViewModel>()
    .Decompile()
    .ToList();

SELECT
    [Extent1].[Id] AS [Id],
    [Extent1].[LastName] + N', ' + [Extent1].[FirstName] AS [C1]
FROM [dbo].[Students] AS [Extent1]

What’s new for performance in .NET Core and ASP.NET Core 3.0 – Ben Adams
One of the biggest advantages of using .NET Core (besides cross-platform support) is the drastic improvements in performance. Because the .NET Core team was able to make minor breaking changes in the runtime and Base Class Library (BCL), lots of stuff was implemented much more efficiently. In this session Ben will dive into the performance improvements in .NET Core in the 3.0 release: runtime changes, JIT changes, intrinsics and a deep dive into some of the improvements making it the best release yet!