public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
 {
     services.AddControllers()
            .AddNewtonsoftJson()
     // ...
}

public class Person
{
   public string FirstName { get; set; }
   public string LastName { get; set; }
   public DateTime? BirthDay { get; set; }
}

using System;
using System.Text.Json.Serialization;

namespace ConsoleApp
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Person person = JsonSerializer.Parse<Person>(...);
            string json = JsonSerializer.ToString(person);
        }
    }
}

namespace System.Text.Json.Serialization
{
    public static class JsonSerializer
    {
        public static object Parse(ReadOnlySpan<byte> utf8Json, Type returnType, JsonSerializerOptions options = null);
        public static object Parse(string json, Type returnType, JsonSerializerOptions options = null);
        public static TValue Parse<TValue>(ReadOnlySpan<byte> utf8Json, JsonSerializerOptions options = null);
        public static TValue Parse<TValue>(string json, JsonSerializerOptions options = null);

        public static string ToString(object value, Type type, JsonSerializerOptions options = null);
        public static string ToString<TValue>(TValue value, JsonSerializerOptions options = null);
    }
}

public sealed class JsonSerializerOptions
{
   public bool AllowTrailingCommas { get; set; }
   public int DefaultBufferSize { get; set; }
   public JsonNamingPolicy DictionaryKeyPolicy { get; set; }
   public bool IgnoreNullValues { get; set; }
   public bool IgnoreReadOnlyProperties { get; set; }
   public int MaxDepth { get; set; }
   public bool PropertyNameCaseInsensitive { get; set; }
   public JsonNamingPolicy PropertyNamingPolicy { get; set; }
   public JsonCommentHandling ReadCommentHandling { get; set; }
   public bool WriteIndented { get; set; }
}

// Json.NET:
var settings = new JsonSerializerSettings
{
    NullValueHandling = NullValueHandling.Ignore
};
string json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(person, settings);

// JsonSerializer:
var options = new JsonSerializerOptions
{
    IgnoreNullValues = true
};
string json = JsonSerializer.ToString(person, options);

services.AddControllers()
   .AddJsonOptions(options => options.JsonSerializerOptions.WriteIndented = true);

[JsonPropertyName("birthdate")]
public DateTime? BirthDay { get; set; }

var options = new JsonSerializerOptions
{
   PropertyNamingPolicy = JsonNamingPolicy.CamelCase
};
string json = JsonSerializer.ToString(person, options);

using System;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace HttpClientTips.LargeFiles
{
    class Program
    {
        private static readonly HttpClient _client = new HttpClient();

        static async Task Main(string[] args)
        {
            var bytes = await DownloadLargeFileAsync();
        }

        public static async Task<byte[]> DownloadLargeFileAsync()
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Downloading a 4K content - too much bytes.");
            var response = await _client.GetAsync("http://downloads.4ksamples.com/downloads/sample-Elysium.2013.2160p.mkv");
            var bytes = await response.Content.ReadAsByteArrayAsync();
            return bytes;
        }
    }
}

private static readonly HttpClient _client = new HttpClient
{
    Timeout = Timeout.InfiniteTimeSpan
};

namespace HttpClientTips.LargeFiles
{
    class Program
    {
        private static readonly HttpClient _client = new HttpClient
        {
            Timeout = Timeout.InfiniteTimeSpan
        };

        static async Task Main(string[] args)
        {
            await DownloadLargeFileAsync();
        }

        public static async Task DownloadLargeFileAsync()
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Downloading a 4K content. too much bytes.");
            var response = await _client.GetAsync("http://downloads.4ksamples.com/downloads/sample-Elysium.2013.2160p.mkv");
            using (var streamToReadFrom = await response.Content.ReadAsStreamAsync())
            {
                string fileToWriteTo = Path.GetTempFileName();
                Console.WriteLine($"Save path: {fileToWriteTo}");
                using (var streamToWriteTo = File.Open(fileToWriteTo, FileMode.Create))
                {
                    await streamToReadFrom.CopyToAsync(streamToWriteTo);
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

private static readonly HttpClientHandler _handler = new HttpClientHandler
{
    MaxConnectionsPerServer = int.MaxValue, // default for .NET Core
    UseDefaultCredentials = true
};
private static readonly HttpClient _client = new HttpClient(_handler)
{
    Timeout = Timeout.InfiniteTimeSpan
};

This is a list of features we have looked at for C# 7, roughly categorized according to our current level of interest and estimated plausibility.

This release contains the following improvements and enhancements:

• This release now installs Java™ Development Kit 8, Update 181 (JDK version 8u181). 

These are the customer-reported issues addressed in 15.7.6:

• Visual C++ Redistributable 2017 does not report the install state in a specific registry location.
• In 15.7 users may see extensions load without all of their assets and cause VS to crash. This has been addressed for 15.7.6.
• Visual Studio 2017 version 15.7.5 crashes when opening a solution.