FileSystemWatcher vs polling to watch for file changes

Question

I need to setup an application that watches for files being created in a directory, both locally or on a network drive.

Would the FileSystemWatcher or p

Answer 1

I would say use polling, especially in a TDD scenario, as it is much easier to mock/stub the presence of files or otherwise when the polling event is triggered than to rely on the more "uncontrolled" fsw event. + to that having worked on a number of apps which were plagued by fsw errors.