The Roslyn project
Also called .NET Compiler Platform and headed by Anders Hejlsberg, Roslyn is a set of tools and services that help the developer control, manage, and extend the capabilities of any source code editor or IDE and take care of the code in a number of ways, including edition, parsing, analyzing, and compilation. It is part of the .NET Foundation initiative:
Actually, all the magic behind the editors (Intellisense, code snippets, code suggestions, refactoring, and so on) is managed by Roslyn.
Overall, using Roslyn, you will be able to do the following:
Create custom, specific code examination tools, which can be incorporated in the editors in Visual Studio 2015 and other compatible tools. Along with this, you can expand the live code examination engine with your own guidelines. This implies that you can write diagnostics and code fixes (known as analyzers) and code refactoring rules for your APIs or your particular programming needs.
Furthermore, the Visual Studio Editor will identify...
