in this article, I will show how to take a medium-small demo app written using Visual Studio 2013, ASP.NET 4.5, VC 5, and Entity Framework 6 and turn it into a working ASP.NET 5 app employing Visual Studio 2015, MVC 6 and Entity Framework 7. And the new app will happily run on either the .NET 4.6 CLR or the .NET Core CLR. Let's get started.

 PM> Install-Package Microsoft.CodeAnalysis

using System;
using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis;
using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp;
using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Syntax;
 
namespace Roslyn01
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            parseText();
        }
 
        static void parseText()
        {
            var tree = CSharpSyntaxTree.ParseText("class Foo { void Bar(int x) {} }");
            Console.WriteLine(tree.ToString());
            Console.WriteLine(tree.GetRoot().NormalizeWhitespace().ToString());
 
            var res = SyntaxFactory.ClassDeclaration("Foo")
                .WithMembers(SyntaxFactory.List<MemberDeclarationSyntax>(new[] {
                    SyntaxFactory.MethodDeclaration(
                        SyntaxFactory.PredefinedType(
                            SyntaxFactory.Token(SyntaxKind.VoidKeyword)
                        ),
                        "Bar"
                    )
                    .WithBody(SyntaxFactory.Block())
                }))
                .NormalizeWhitespace();
 
            Console.WriteLine(res);
        } 
    }
}

 tree.GetRoot().NormalizeWhitespace().ToString()

class Foo
{
    void Bar(int x)
    {
    }
}

static void querySyntaxTree()
{
    var tree = CSharpSyntaxTree.ParseText("class Foo { void Bar() {} }");
    var node = (CompilationUnitSyntax)tree.GetRoot();
 
    // Using the object model
    foreach (var member in node.Members)
    {
        if (member.Kind() == SyntaxKind.ClassDeclaration)
        {
            var @class = (ClassDeclarationSyntax)member;
 
            foreach (var member2 in @class.Members)
            {
                if (member2.Kind() == SyntaxKind.MethodDeclaration)
                {
                    var method = (MethodDeclarationSyntax)member2;
                    // do stuff
                }
            }
        }
    }
 
 
    // Using LINQ query methods
    var bars = from member in node.Members.OfType<ClassDeclarationSyntax>()
               from member2 in member.Members.OfType<MethodDeclarationSyntax>()
               where member2.Identifier.Text == "Bar"
               select member2;
    var res = bars.ToList();
 
 
    // Using visitors
    new MyVisitor().Visit(node);
}

class MyVisitor : CSharpSyntaxWalker
{
    public override void VisitMethodDeclaration(MethodDeclarationSyntax node)
    {
        if (node.Identifier.Text == "Bar")
        {
            // do stuff
        }
 
        base.VisitMethodDeclaration(node);
    }
}

 new MyVisitor().Visit(node);

private void A ( [CallerMemberName] string callerName = "") 
{
  Console.WriteLine("Caller is " + callerName);
}

private static void B()
{
        // let's call A
        A();
}

    public class PersonViewModel : INotifyPropertyChanged
    {
        public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;

        private void OnPropertyChanged(string propertyName)
        {
            if (PropertyChanged != null)
                PropertyChanged(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName));
        }

        private string name;
        public string Name
        {
            get { return name; }
            set
            {
                this.name = value;
                OnPropertyChanged("Name");
            }
        }
    }

private string firstName;
public string FirstName
{
            get { return firstName; }
            set
            {
                this.firstName = value;
                OnPropertyChanged("Name");
            }
}

public abstract class ViewModelBase : INotifyPropertyChanged
{
        public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;

        protected void OnPropertyChanged([CallerMemberName] string propertyName = "")
        {
            OnPropertyChangedExplicit(propertyName);
        }

        protected void OnPropertyChanged<TProperty>(Expression<Func<TProperty>> projection)
        {
            var memberExpression = (MemberExpression)projection.Body;
            OnPropertyChangedExplicit(memberExpression.Member.Name);
        }

        void OnPropertyChangedExplicit(string propertyName)
        {
            this.CheckPropertyName(propertyName);

            PropertyChangedEventHandler handler = this.PropertyChanged;

            if (handler != null)
            {
                var e = new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName);
                handler(this, e);
            }
        }

        #region Check property name

        [Conditional("DEBUG")]
        [DebuggerStepThrough]
        public void CheckPropertyName(string propertyName)
        {
            if (TypeDescriptor.GetProperties(this)[propertyName] == null)
                throw new Exception(String.Format("Could not find property \"{0}\"", propertyName));
        }

        #endregion // Check property name
}

public class PersonViewModel : ViewModelBase
{
        private string firstName;
        public string FirstName
        {
            get { return firstName; }
            set
            {
                this.firstName = value;

                OnPropertyChanged();
                OnPropertyChanged(() => this.FullName);
            }
        }

        private string lastName;
        public string LastName
        {
            get { return lastName; }
            set
            {
                this.lastName = value;

                OnPropertyChanged();
                OnPropertyChanged(() => this.FullName);
            }
        }

        public string FullName
        {
            get { return string.Format("{0} {1}", FirstName, LastName); }
        }
}

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
  <PropertyGroup>
    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.0</TargetFramework>
    <LangVersion>8.0</LangVersion>
    <NullableContextOptions>enable</NullableContextOptions>
  </PropertyGroup>
</Project>

CS8632: The annotation for nullable reference types should only be used in code within a ‘#nullable’ context.
CS8627: A nullable type parameter must be known to be a value-type or non-nullable reference type. Consider adding a ‘class’, ‘struct’ or type constraint.

<PropertyGroup>
  <LangVersion>preview</LangVersion>
  <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
</PropertyGroup>

    public class Person
    {
        public string FirstName { get; set; }

        public string MiddleName { get; set; }

        public string LastName { get; set; }

        public Person(string first, string last) =>
            (FirstName, LastName) = (first, last);

        public Person(string first, string middle, string last) =>
            (FirstName, MiddleName, LastName) = (first, middle, last);

        public override string ToString() => $"{FirstName} {MiddleName} {LastName}";
    }

public string? MiddleName { get; set; }

    public static class NullableReferenceTypes
    {
        //#nullable enable // Toggle to enable

        public static string Exemplify()
        {
            var vahid = new Person("Vahid", "N");
            var length = GetLengthOfMiddleName(vahid);

            return $"{vahid.FirstName}'s middle name has {length} characters in it.";

            static int GetLengthOfMiddleName(Person person)
            {
                string middleName = person.MiddleName;
                return middleName.Length;
            }
        }
    }

var middleName = person.MiddleName;

static int GetLengthOfMiddleName(Person person)
{
   var middleName = person.MiddleName;
   return middleName?.Length ?? 0;
}

public static class NullableReferenceTypes
{
#nullable disable // Toggle to enable

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
  <PropertyGroup>
    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.0</TargetFramework>
    <LangVersion>8.0</LangVersion>
    <NullableContextOptions>enable</NullableContextOptions>
    <TreatWarningsAsErrors>true</TreatWarningsAsErrors>
  </PropertyGroup>
</Project>

<WarningsAsErrors>CS8600;CS8602;CS8603</WarningsAsErrors>

string name = null; // ERROR
string? name = null; // OK!

public class Person
{
    public Address? Address { get; set; };
    public string Country => Address?.Country;   // ERROR! 
}

public class Person
{
    public Address? Address { get; set; };
    public string? Country => Address?.Country;  // OK!
}

var node = this; // Initialize non-nullable variable
while (node != null)
{
   node = null; // ERROR!
}

Node? node = this;   // Initialize nullable variable
while (node != null) {
   node = null; // OK!
}

public class Person
{
   public string Name { get; set; } // ERROR!
}

public class Person
{
   public string? Name { get; set; }
}

public class Person
{
    public string Name { get; set; }
    public Person(string name) {
        Name = name ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(name));
    }
}
 

public class Person
{
   public string Name { get; set; } = string.Empty;
   // -or-
   public string Name { get; set; } = "";
}

String.Empty
Array.Empty<T>()
Enumerable.Empty<T>()

public class Person
{
   public Address Address { get; set; } = new Address();
}

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private static string toPersianNumbersUsingReplace(string data)
{
    if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(data)) return string.Empty;
    return
      data
        .Replace("0", "\u06F0")
        .Replace("1", "\u06F1")
        .Replace("2", "\u06F2")
        .Replace("3", "\u06F3")
        .Replace("4", "\u06F4")
        .Replace("5", "\u06F5")
        .Replace("6", "\u06F6")
        .Replace("7", "\u06F7")
        .Replace("8", "\u06F8")
        .Replace("9", "\u06F9");
}

        private static string toPersianNumbersUsingReplace(string data)
        {
            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(data)) return string.Empty;
            return
                toEnglishNumbers(data)
                .Replace("0", "\u06F0")
                .Replace("1", "\u06F1")
                .Replace("2", "\u06F2")
                .Replace("3", "\u06F3")
                .Replace("4", "\u06F4")
                .Replace("5", "\u06F5")
                .Replace("6", "\u06F6")
                .Replace("7", "\u06F7")
                .Replace("8", "\u06F8")
                .Replace("9", "\u06F9");
        }

        private static string toEnglishNumbers(string data)
        {
            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(data)) return string.Empty;
            return
               data.Replace("\u0660", "0") //٠
                   .Replace("\u06F0", "0") //۰
                   .Replace("\u0661", "1") //١
                   .Replace("\u06F1", "1") //۱
                   .Replace("\u0662", "2") //٢
                   .Replace("\u06F2", "2") //۲
                   .Replace("\u0663", "3") //٣
                   .Replace("\u06F3", "3") //۳
                   .Replace("\u0664", "4") //٤
                   .Replace("\u06F4", "4") //۴
                   .Replace("\u0665", "5") //٥
                   .Replace("\u06F5", "5") //۵
                   .Replace("\u0666", "6") //٦
                   .Replace("\u06F6", "6") //۶
                   .Replace("\u0667", "7") //٧
                   .Replace("\u06F7", "7") //۷
                   .Replace("\u0668", "8") //٨
                   .Replace("\u06F8", "8") //۸
                   .Replace("\u0669", "9") //٩
                   .Replace("\u06F9", "9"); //۹
        }

  .Replace("\u0669", "9") //٩

  .Replace('\u0669', '9') //٩

        private static string toPersianNumbersUsingStringBuilder(string data)
        {
            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(data)) return string.Empty;

            var strBuilder = new StringBuilder(data);
            for (var i = 0; i < strBuilder.Length; i++)
            {
                switch (strBuilder[i])
                {
                    case '0':
                    case '\u0660':
                        strBuilder[i] = '\u06F0';
                        break;

                    case '1':
                    case '\u0661':
                        strBuilder[i] = '\u06F1';
                        break;

                    case '2':
                    case '\u0662':
                        strBuilder[i] = '\u06F2';
                        break;

                    case '3':
                    case '\u0663':
                        strBuilder[i] = '\u06F3';
                        break;

                    case '4':
                    case '\u0664':
                        strBuilder[i] = '\u06F4';
                        break;

                    case '5':
                    case '\u0665':
                        strBuilder[i] = '\u06F5';
                        break;

                    case '6':
                    case '\u0666':
                        strBuilder[i] = '\u06F6';
                        break;

                    case '7':
                    case '\u0667':
                        strBuilder[i] = '\u06F7';
                        break;

                    case '8':
                    case '\u0668':
                        strBuilder[i] = '\u06F8';
                        break;

                    case '9':
                    case '\u0669':
                        strBuilder[i] = '\u06F9';
                        break;

                    default:
                        strBuilder[i] = strBuilder[i];
                        break;
                }
            }

            return strBuilder.ToString();
        }

        private static string toPersianNumbersUsingToCharArray(string data)
        {
            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(data)) return string.Empty;

            var letters = data.ToCharArray();
            for (var i = 0; i < letters.Length; i++)
            {
                switch (letters[i])
                {
                    case '0':
                    case '\u0660':
                        letters[i] = '\u06F0';
                        break;

                    // مانند قبل

                }
            }

            return new string(letters);
        }

        private static string toPersianNumbersUsingStringCreate(string data)
        {
            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(data)) return string.Empty;

            return string.Create(data.Length, data, (chars, context) =>
            {
                for (var i = 0; i < data.Length; i++)
                {
                    switch (context[i])
                    {
                        case '0':
                        case '\u0660':
                            chars[i] = '\u06F0';
                            break;

                    // مانند قبل

                    }
                }
            });
        }

public static string Create<TState> (int length, TState state, System.Buffers.SpanAction<char,TState> action);

 return string.Create(data.Length, data, (chars, context) => {});