public string TestNoneAsync()
        {
            var webClient = new WebClient();
            return webClient.DownloadString("http://www.google.com");
        }

        public void TestAsync()
        {
            var webClient = new WebClient();
            webClient.DownloadStringAsync(new Uri("http://www.google.com"));
            webClient.DownloadStringCompleted += webClientDownloadStringCompleted;
        }

        void webClientDownloadStringCompleted(object sender, DownloadStringCompletedEventArgs e)
        {
            // use e.Result
        }

using System;
using System.Linq;
using System.Net;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace Async02
{
    public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        private void btnGetInfo_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            var req = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("http://www.google.com");
            req.Method = "HEAD";
            req.BeginGetResponse(
                asyncResult =>
                {
                    var resp = (HttpWebResponse)req.EndGetResponse(asyncResult);
                    var headersText = formatHeaders(resp.Headers);
                    txtResults.Text = headersText;
                }, null);
        }

        private string formatHeaders(WebHeaderCollection headers)
        {
            var headerString = headers.Keys.Cast<string>()
                                      .Select(header => string.Format("{0}:{1}", header, headers[header]));
            return string.Join(Environment.NewLine, headerString.ToArray());
        }
    }
}

 An exception of type 'System.InvalidOperationException' occurred in System.Windows.Forms.dll but was not handled in user code
Additional information: Cross-thread operation not valid: Control 'txtResults' accessed from a thread other than the thread it was created on.

        private void btnGetInfo_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            var sync = SynchronizationContext.Current;
            var req = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("http://www.google.com");
            req.Method = "HEAD";
            req.BeginGetResponse(
                asyncResult =>
                {
                    var resp = (HttpWebResponse)req.EndGetResponse(asyncResult);
                    var headersText = formatHeaders(resp.Headers);
                    sync.Post(delegate { txtResults.Text = headersText; }, null);
                }, null);
        }

using System;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace Async01
{
    public class AsyncExample
    {
        public async Task DoWorkAsync(int parameter)
        {
            await Task.Delay(parameter);
            Console.WriteLine(parameter);
        }
    }
}

        public async Task<double> GetNumberAsync()
        {
            var generator = new Random();
            await Task.Delay(generator.Next(1000));

            return generator.NextDouble();
        }

        public async Task<double> GetSumAsync()
        {
            var leftOperand = await GetNumberAsync();
            var rightOperand = await GetNumberAsync();

            return leftOperand + rightOperand;
        }

        public async Task<double> GetProductOfSumAsync()
        {
            var leftOperand = GetSumAsync();
            var rightOperand = GetSumAsync();

            return await leftOperand * await rightOperand;
        }

 Operator '*' cannot be applied to operands of type 'System.Threading.Tasks.Task<double>' and 'System.Threading.Tasks.Task<double>'

        public async Task<string> DownloadAsync()
        {
            var webClient = new WebClient();
            return await webClient.DownloadStringTaskAsync("http://www.google.com");
        }

        public void TestDownloadAsync()
        {
            Debug.WriteLine("Before DownloadAsync");
            DownloadAsync();
            Debug.WriteLine("After DownloadAsync");
        }

 Before DownloadAsync
After DownloadAsync

 PM> Install-Package Microsoft.Bcl.Async

 app.UseMvcWithDefaultRoute();

    public static IApplicationBuilder UseMvcWithDefaultRoute(this IApplicationBuilder app)
    {
      if (app == null)
        throw new ArgumentNullException("app");
      return app.UseMvc((Action<IRouteBuilder>) (routes => routes.MapRoute("default", "{controller=Home}/{action=Index}/{id?}")));
    }

 [Route("[controller]/[action]")]

namespace Core1RtmEmptyTest.Controllers
{
  public class HomeController
  {
   public string Index()
   {
    return "Running a POCO controller!";
   }
  }
}

app.UseMvc(routes =>
{
  routes.MapRoute(
   name: "default",
   template: "{controller=Home}/{action=Index}/{id?}");
});

using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
 
namespace Core1RtmEmptyTest.Controllers
{
  public class AboutController : Controller
  {
   public ActionResult Hello()
   {
    return Content("Hello from DNT!");
   }
 
   public ActionResult SiteName()
   {
    return Content("DNT");
   }
  }
}

using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
 
namespace Core1RtmEmptyTest.Controllers
{
  [Route("About")]
  public class AboutController : Controller
  {
   [Route("")]
   public ActionResult Hello()
   {
    return Content("Hello from DNT!");
   }
 
   [Route("SiteName")]
   public ActionResult SiteName()
   {
    return Content("DNT");
   }
  }
}

 AmbiguousActionException: Multiple actions matched. The following actions matched route data and had all constraints satisfied:

Core1RtmEmptyTest.Controllers.AboutController.Hello (Core1RtmEmptyTest)
Core1RtmEmptyTest.Controllers.AboutController.SiteName (Core1RtmEmptyTest)

using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
 
namespace Core1RtmEmptyTest.Controllers
{
  [Route("[controller]")]
  public class AboutController : Controller
  {
   [Route("")]
   public ActionResult Hello()
   {
    return Content("Hello from DNT!");
   }
 
   [Route("[action]")]
   public ActionResult SiteName()
   {
    return Content("DNT");
   }
  }
}

 [Route("api/[controller]")]

//[Route("/Users/{userid}")]
[Route("Users/{userid}")]
public IActionResult GetUsers(int userId)
{
    return Json(new { userId = userId });
}

[Route("/Users/{userid:int?}")]

 [Route("Users/{userid:int}")]

 [Route("/Users/{userid:int:max(1000):min(10)}")]

 [Route("/Users/{userid:int}", Name="GetUserById")]

 string uri = Url.Link("GetUserById", new { userid = 1 });

 [Route("/Users/{userid:int}", Name = "GetUserById", Order = 1)]

using System;
using System.Globalization;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing;
 
namespace Core1RtmEmptyTest
{
  public class CustomRouteConstraint : IRouteConstraint
  {
   public bool Match(HttpContext httpContext, IRouter route, string routeKey, RouteValueDictionary values,
    RouteDirection routeDirection)
   {
    object value;
    if (!values.TryGetValue(routeKey, out value) || value == null)
    {
      return false;
    }
 
    long longValue;
    if (value is long)
    {
      longValue = (long)value;
      return longValue != 10;
    }
 
    var valueString = Convert.ToString(value, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
    if (long.TryParse(valueString, NumberStyles.Integer,
      CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, out longValue))
    {
      return longValue != 10;
    }
    return false;
   }
  }
}

public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
{
    services.AddRouting(options =>options.ConstraintMap.Add("Custom", typeof(CustomRouteConstraint)));

 [Route("/Users/{userid:int:custom}")]

app.UseMvc(routes =>
{
  routes.MapRoute(
   name: "default",
   template: "{controller=Home}/{action=Index}/{id?}");
 
  routes.MapRoute(
   name: "spa-fallback",
   template: "{*url}",
   defaults: new { controller = "Home", action = "Index" });
});

{
    "dependencies": {
       //same as before  
       "Microsoft.AspNetCore.SpaServices": "1.0.0-beta-000007"
 },

app.UseMvc(routes =>
{
  routes.MapRoute(
   name: "default",
   template: "{controller=Home}/{action=Index}/{id?}");
 
  routes.MapSpaFallbackRoute("spa-fallback", new { controller = "Home", action = "Index" });
});

// Serve wwwroot as root
app.UseFileServer();
 
// Serve /node_modules as a separate root (for packages that use other npm modules client side)
app.UseFileServer(new FileServerOptions
{
  // Set root of file server
  FileProvider = new PhysicalFileProvider(Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "node_modules")),
  // Only react to requests that match this path
  RequestPath = "/node_modules",
  // Don't expose file system
  EnableDirectoryBrowsing = false
});

public class Program
{
    public static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        var host = new WebHostBuilder()
            .UseKestrel()
            .UseContentRoot(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory())
            .UseIISIntegration()
            .UseStartup<Startup>()
            .Build();
 
        host.Run();
    }
}

 "dependencies": {
   // same as before
    "Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles": "1.0.0"
},

public class Startup
{
    public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
    {
    }
 
    public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app)
    {
        app.UseStaticFiles();
        //app.UseWelcomePage();
 
        app.Run(async context =>
        {
            await context.Response.WriteAsync("Hello DNT!");
        });
    }
}

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <title>Hello World</title>
</head>
<body>
    Hello World!
</body>
</html>

public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app)
{
   app.UseDefaultFiles();
   app.UseStaticFiles();

 // Serve my app-specific default file, if present.
DefaultFilesOptions options = new DefaultFilesOptions();
options.DefaultFileNames.Clear();
options.DefaultFileNames.Add("mydefault.html");
app.UseDefaultFiles(options);

public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app)
{
  app.UseStaticFiles();
  app.UseDefaultFiles();

○ wwwroot
   § css
   § images
   § ...
○ MyStaticFiles
   § test.png

app.UseStaticFiles(new StaticFileOptions
{
    FileProvider = new PhysicalFileProvider(root: Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), @"MyStaticFiles")),
    RequestPath = new PathString("/StaticFiles")
});

app.UseDirectoryBrowser(new DirectoryBrowserOptions
{
    FileProvider = new PhysicalFileProvider(root: Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), @"wwwroot\images")),
    RequestPath = new PathString("/MyImages")
});

 Unable to resolve service for type 'System.Text.Encodings.Web.HtmlEncoder' while attempting to activate 'Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles.DirectoryBrowserMiddleware'.

public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
{
   services.AddDirectoryBrowser();
}

app.UseStaticFiles(new StaticFileOptions
{
    FileProvider = new PhysicalFileProvider(root: Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), @"wwwroot\images")),
    RequestPath = new PathString("/MyImages")
});

using System.IO;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
using Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders;
 
namespace Core1RtmEmptyTest
{
    public class Startup
    {
        public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
            services.AddDirectoryBrowser();
        }
 
        public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app)
        {
            app.UseDefaultFiles();
 
            app.UseStaticFiles(); // For the wwwroot folder
 
            // For the files outside of the wwwroot
            app.UseStaticFiles(new StaticFileOptions
            {
                FileProvider = new PhysicalFileProvider(root: Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), @"MyStaticFiles")),
                RequestPath = new PathString("/StaticFiles")
            });
 
            // For DirectoryBrowser
            app.UseStaticFiles(new StaticFileOptions
            {
                FileProvider = new PhysicalFileProvider(root: Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), @"wwwroot\images")),
                RequestPath = new PathString("/MyImages")
            });
 
            app.UseDirectoryBrowser(new DirectoryBrowserOptions
            {
                FileProvider = new PhysicalFileProvider(root: Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), @"wwwroot\images")),
                RequestPath = new PathString("/MyImages")
            });
 
            //app.UseWelcomePage();
 
            app.Run(async context =>
            {
                await context.Response.WriteAsync("Hello DNT!");
            });
        }
    }
}

 app.UseFileServer();

 app.UseFileServer(enableDirectoryBrowsing: true);

app.UseFileServer(new FileServerOptions
    {
        FileProvider = new PhysicalFileProvider(
            Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), @"MyStaticFiles")),
        RequestPath = new PathString("/StaticFiles"),
        EnableDirectoryBrowsing = false
    });

 // Set up custom content types -associating file extension to MIME type
var provider = new FileExtensionContentTypeProvider();
provider.Mappings[".xyz"] = "text/html";
 
app.UseStaticFiles(new StaticFileOptions
{
    ContentTypeProvider = provider
}) ; // For the wwwroot folder

public class XyzContentTypeProvider : FileExtensionContentTypeProvider
{
    public XyzContentTypeProvider()
    {
        this.Mappings.Add(".xyz", "text/html");
    }
}

app.UseStaticFiles(new StaticFileOptions
{
    ContentTypeProvider = new XyzContentTypeProvider()
}) ; // For the wwwroot folder

app.UseStaticFiles(new StaticFileOptions
{
    ServeUnknownFileTypes = true,
    DefaultContentType = "image/png"
});

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<packages>
  <package id="Microsoft.Owin" version="3.0.0" targetFramework="net45" />
  <package id="RavenDB.Client" version="2.0.2375" targetFramework="net45" />
</packages>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<repositories>
  <repository path="..\Application\Test\packages.config" />
  <repository path="..\ViewModel\Test\packages.config" />
</repositories>

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  "apps": [
    {
      "assets": [
        "assets",
        "favicon.ico"
      ],
      "styles": [
        "styles.css"
      ],
      "scripts": [],

> npm install bootstrap --save
> npm install ngx-bootstrap --save

"dependencies": {
   "bootstrap": "^3.3.7",
   "ngx-bootstrap": "^1.6.6",

  "apps": [
    {
      "styles": [
    "../node_modules/bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css",
        "styles.css"
      ],

"scripts": [
   "../node_modules/jquery/dist/jquery.js",
   "../node_modules/bootstrap/dist/js/bootstrap.js"
],

import { AlertModule } from 'ngx-bootstrap';

@NgModule({
  declarations: [
    AppComponent
  ],
  imports: [
    BrowserModule,
    FormsModule,
    HttpModule,

    AlertModule.forRoot()
  ],
  providers: [],
  bootstrap: [AppComponent]
})
export class AppModule { }

<h1>
  {{title}}
</h1>

<button class="btn btn-primary">Hello!</button>

<alert type="success">Alert success!</alert>

LinqBenchmarks

Benchmarks comparing the performance of LINQ against for/foreach loops and the following libraries:

Faslinq
Cistern.ValueLinq
JM.LinqFaster
LinqFasterer
LinqAF
SpanLinq
StructLinq
NetFabric.Hyperlinq
System.Linq.Async