In Asp.Net 5 the development is faster because it compiles on save. But I still have to refresh the browser manually.
Is there a live reload option in Visual Studio, or should I use a gulp plugin for that?
You can enable BrowserLink and while editing your code hit Ctrl+Alt+Enter to cause the browsers to refresh automatically. Alternatively you can hit the browser link refresh button in the Visual Studio ToolBar.
public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder application)
{
// Only enable browser link if IHostingEnvironment says it's
// running in Development.
if (this.hostingEnvironment.IsDevelopment())
{
// Allow updates to your files in Visual Studio to be shown in
// the browser. You can use the Refresh
// browser link button in the Visual Studio toolbar or Ctrl+Alt+Enter
// to refresh the browser.
application.UseBrowserLink();
}
// Omitted...
}
You also need to add the Browser Link NuGet package in your project.json:
"dependencies": {
"Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.BrowserLink.Loader": "14.0.0-beta7",
// Omitted...
}