diff --git a/src/Unosquare.Swan/Components/CsProjFile.cs b/src/Unosquare.Swan/Components/CsProjFile.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3bd550cb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Unosquare.Swan/Components/CsProjFile.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+namespace Unosquare.Swan.Components
+{
+    using System;
+    using System.IO;
+    using System.Linq;
+    using System.Xml.Linq;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Represents a CsProjFile parser
+    /// Based on https://github.com/maartenba/dotnetcli-init
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <typeparam name="T">The type of <c>CsProjMetadataBase</c></typeparam>
+    /// <seealso cref="System.IDisposable" />
+    public class CsProjFile<T>
+        : IDisposable
+        where T : CsProjMetadataBase
+    {
+        private readonly Stream _stream;
+        private readonly bool _leaveOpen;
+        private readonly XDocument _xmlDocument;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="CsProjFile{T}"/> class.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="filename">The filename.</param>
+        public CsProjFile(string filename = null)
+            : this(OpenFile(filename))
+        {
+            // placeholder
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="CsProjFile{T}"/> class.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="stream">The stream.</param>
+        /// <param name="leaveOpen">if set to <c>true</c> [leave open].</param>
+        /// <exception cref="ArgumentException">Project file is not of the new .csproj type.</exception>
+        public CsProjFile(Stream stream, bool leaveOpen = false)
+        {
+            _stream = stream;
+            _leaveOpen = leaveOpen;
+
+            _xmlDocument = XDocument.Load(stream);
+
+            var projectElement = _xmlDocument.Descendants("Project").FirstOrDefault();
+            if (projectElement == null || projectElement.Attribute("Sdk")?.Value != "Microsoft.NET.Sdk")
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentException("Project file is not of the new .csproj type.");
+            }
+
+            Metadata = Activator.CreateInstance<T>();
+            Metadata.SetData(_xmlDocument);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the metadata.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <value>
+        /// The nu get metadata.
+        /// </value>
+        public T Metadata { get; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Saves this instance.
+        /// </summary>
+        public void Save()
+        {
+            _stream.SetLength(0);
+            _stream.Position = 0;
+
+            _xmlDocument.Save(_stream);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Performs application-defined tasks associated with freeing, releasing, or resetting unmanaged resources.
+        /// </summary>
+        public void Dispose()
+        {
+            if (!_leaveOpen)
+            {
+                _stream?.Dispose();
+            }
+        }
+
+        private static FileStream OpenFile(string filename)
+        {
+            if (filename == null)
+            {
+                filename = Directory
+                    .EnumerateFiles(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "*.csproj", SearchOption.TopDirectoryOnly)
+                    .FirstOrDefault();
+            }
+
+            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(filename))
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(filename));
+
+            return File.Open(filename, FileMode.OpenOrCreate, FileAccess.ReadWrite);
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Unosquare.Swan/Components/CsProjMetadataBase.cs b/src/Unosquare.Swan/Components/CsProjMetadataBase.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..334817cee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Unosquare.Swan/Components/CsProjMetadataBase.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+namespace Unosquare.Swan.Components
+{
+    using System.Linq;
+    using System.Xml.Linq;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Represents a CsProj metadata abstract class
+    /// to use with <c>CsProjFile</c> parser.
+    /// </summary>
+    public abstract class CsProjMetadataBase
+    {
+        private XDocument _xmlDocument;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the package identifier.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <value>
+        /// The package identifier.
+        /// </value>
+        public string PackageId => FindElement(nameof(PackageId))?.Value;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the name of the assembly.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <value>
+        /// The name of the assembly.
+        /// </value>
+        public string AssemblyName => FindElement(nameof(AssemblyName))?.Value;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the target frameworks.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <value>
+        /// The target frameworks.
+        /// </value>
+        public string TargetFrameworks => FindElement(nameof(TargetFrameworks))?.Value;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the target framework.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <value>
+        /// The target framework.
+        /// </value>
+        public string TargetFramework => FindElement(nameof(TargetFramework))?.Value;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the version.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <value>
+        /// The version.
+        /// </value>
+        public string Version => FindElement(nameof(Version))?.Value;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Parses the cs proj tags.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="args">The arguments.</param>
+        public abstract void ParseCsProjTags(ref string[] args);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Sets the data.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="xmlDocument">The XML document.</param>
+        public void SetData(XDocument xmlDocument)
+        {
+            _xmlDocument = xmlDocument;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Finds the element.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="elementName">Name of the element.</param>
+        /// <returns>A XElement.</returns>
+        protected XElement FindElement(string elementName)
+        {
+            return _xmlDocument.Descendants(elementName).FirstOrDefault();
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Unosquare.Swan/Unosquare.Swan.csproj b/src/Unosquare.Swan/Unosquare.Swan.csproj
index 9844d5996..2b535f09e 100644
--- a/src/Unosquare.Swan/Unosquare.Swan.csproj
+++ b/src/Unosquare.Swan/Unosquare.Swan.csproj
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <PackageId>Unosquare.Swan</PackageId>
     <CodeAnalysisRuleSet>..\..\StyleCop.Analyzers.ruleset</CodeAnalysisRuleSet>
     <DebugType>Full</DebugType>
-    <Version>0.21.1</Version>
+    <Version>0.22.0</Version>
     <Authors>Unosquare</Authors>
     <PackageIconUrl>https://github.com/unosquare/swan/raw/master/swan-logo-32.png</PackageIconUrl>
     <PackageProjectUrl>https://github.com/unosquare/swan</PackageProjectUrl>
diff --git a/test/Unosquare.Swan.Test/CsProjFileTest.cs b/test/Unosquare.Swan.Test/CsProjFileTest.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9dd66cc6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Unosquare.Swan.Test/CsProjFileTest.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+namespace Unosquare.Swan.Test
+{
+    using System.IO;
+    using System.Linq;
+    using System.Text;
+    using System.Xml;
+    using NUnit.Framework;
+    using Unosquare.Swan.Components;
+    using Unosquare.Swan.Test.Mocks;
+    using System;
+
+    public abstract class CsProjFileTest : TestFixtureBase
+     {
+        protected string _data = @"<Project Sdk=""Microsoft.NET.Sdk"">
+                                  <PropertyGroup>
+                                    <Description>Unit Testing project</Description>
+                                    <Copyright>Copyright(c) 2016-2017 - Unosquare</Copyright>
+                                    <AssemblyTitle>Unosquare SWAN Test</AssemblyTitle>
+                                    <TargetFrameworks>net46;netcoreapp2.0</TargetFrameworks>
+                                    <AssemblyName>Unosquare.Swan.Test</AssemblyName>
+                                    <DebugType>Full</DebugType>
+                                  </PropertyGroup></Project>";
+        protected string _wrongSDK = @"<Project Sdk=""Microhard.NET.Sdk""></Project>";
+     }
+
+    [TestFixture]
+    public class CsProjFileConstructor : CsProjFileTest 
+    {
+        [Test]
+        public void WithValidFileAndValidClass_ReturnsFileAndMetadata()
+        {
+                using (var stream = new MemoryStream(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(_data)))
+                using (var csproj = new CsProjFile<CsMetadataMock>(stream))
+                {
+                    Assert.IsNotNull(csproj);
+                    Assert.IsNotNull(csproj.Metadata);
+                    Assert.IsNotNull(csproj.Metadata.Copyright);
+                }
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void WithNullStream_ThrowsXmlException()
+        {
+            Assert.Throws<XmlException>(() =>
+            {
+                using (var stream = new MemoryStream())
+                using (var csproj = new CsProjFile<CsMetadataMock>(stream)) { }
+            });
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void IfPropertyWasNotFound_ReturnsNull()
+        {
+            using (var stream = new MemoryStream(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(_data)))
+            using (var csproj = new CsProjFile<CsMetadataMock>(stream))
+            {
+                Assert.IsNull(csproj.Metadata.NonExistentProp);
+            }
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void WithWrongSdk_ThrowsArgumentException()
+        {
+            Assert.Throws<ArgumentException>(() =>
+            {
+                using (var stream = new MemoryStream(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(_wrongSDK)))
+                using (var csproj = new CsProjFile<CsMetadataMock>(stream)){}
+            });
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void WithAbstractClass_ThrowsMissingMethodException()
+        {               
+            Assert.Throws<MissingMethodException>(() =>
+            {
+                using (var stream = new MemoryStream(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(_data)))
+                using (var csproj = new CsProjFile<CsAbstractMetadataMock>(stream)) { }
+            });
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void WithEmptyStringAsFileName_ThrowsArgumentNullException()
+        {
+            Assert.Throws<ArgumentNullException>(() =>
+            {
+                using (var stream = new MemoryStream(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(_data)))
+                using (var csproj = new CsProjFile<CsAbstractMetadataMock>(string.Empty)) { }
+            });
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void WithNullAsFileName_ThrowsArgumentNullException()
+        {
+            Assert.Throws<ArgumentNullException>(() =>
+            {
+                using (var stream = new MemoryStream(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(_data)))
+                using (var csproj = new CsProjFile<CsAbstractMetadataMock>(null)) { }
+            });
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test/Unosquare.Swan.Test/ExtensionsDatesTest.cs b/test/Unosquare.Swan.Test/ExtensionsDatesTest.cs
index 5cec6acdd..4329eb28f 100644
--- a/test/Unosquare.Swan.Test/ExtensionsDatesTest.cs
+++ b/test/Unosquare.Swan.Test/ExtensionsDatesTest.cs
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ public class ToUnixEpochDate
         [Test]
         public void GivingADate_ConvertItIntoTicks()
         {
-            var date = new DateTime(2017, 10, 27);
+            var date = new DateTime(2017, 10, 27).ToUniversalTime().Date;
 
             Assert.AreEqual(1509062400, date.ToUnixEpochDate());
         }
diff --git a/test/Unosquare.Swan.Test/LdapTest.cs b/test/Unosquare.Swan.Test/LdapTest.cs
index 649b486d1..54a626838 100644
--- a/test/Unosquare.Swan.Test/LdapTest.cs
+++ b/test/Unosquare.Swan.Test/LdapTest.cs
@@ -183,17 +183,20 @@ public class ModifyTest : LdapTest
             [Test]
             public void ChangeUserProperty()
             {
-                var ex = Assert.ThrowsAsync<LdapException>(async () =>
+                var ex = Assert.CatchAsync(async () =>
                 {
                     var cn = await GetDefaultConnection();
                     await cn.Modify(
                         "uid=euclid,dc=example,dc=com",
-                        new[] { new LdapModification(LdapModificationOp.Replace, "mail", "new@ldap.forumsys.com")});
+                        new[] {new LdapModification(LdapModificationOp.Replace, "mail", "new@ldap.forumsys.com")});
 
                     cn.Disconnect();
                 });
 
-                Assert.AreEqual(ex.ResultCode, LdapStatusCode.InsufficientAccessRights);
+                if (ex is LdapException ldapEx)
+                    Assert.AreEqual(ldapEx.ResultCode, LdapStatusCode.InsufficientAccessRights);
+                else
+                    Assert.IsNotNull(ex);
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/test/Unosquare.Swan.Test/Mocks/CsProjFileMock.cs b/test/Unosquare.Swan.Test/Mocks/CsProjFileMock.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8eb0d087b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Unosquare.Swan.Test/Mocks/CsProjFileMock.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Unosquare.Swan.Components;
+
+namespace Unosquare.Swan.Test.Mocks
+{
+    public class CsMetadataMock : CsProjMetadataBase
+    {
+        public string Copyright => FindElement(nameof(Copyright))?.Value;
+
+        public string NonExistentProp => FindElement(nameof(NonExistentProp))?.Value;
+
+        public override void ParseCsProjTags(ref string[] args)
+        {
+            throw new NotImplementedException();
+        }
+    }
+
+    public abstract class CsAbstractMetadataMock : CsProjMetadataBase
+    {
+        public override void ParseCsProjTags(ref string[] args)
+        {
+            throw new NotImplementedException();
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test/Unosquare.Swan.Test/Unosquare.Swan.Test.csproj b/test/Unosquare.Swan.Test/Unosquare.Swan.Test.csproj
index 33f05bd0c..c8843c260 100644
--- a/test/Unosquare.Swan.Test/Unosquare.Swan.Test.csproj
+++ b/test/Unosquare.Swan.Test/Unosquare.Swan.Test.csproj
@@ -7,9 +7,12 @@
     <TargetFrameworks>net46;netcoreapp2.0</TargetFrameworks>
     <AssemblyName>Unosquare.Swan.Test</AssemblyName>
     <CodeAnalysisRuleSet>..\..\StyleCop.Analyzers.ruleset</CodeAnalysisRuleSet>
-    <DebugType>Full</DebugType>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
+  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net46' ">
+    <DebugType>Full</DebugType>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Unosquare.Swan\Unosquare.Swan.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>