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.NET Framework Library Source Code now available

Posted By: Jenp | Jan 16th @ 6:27 PM

Check it out..  today on Scott Guthrie's blog  he announced that the promised .NET Framework Library Source Code is now available for everyone to use.  Check out his blog for full instructions..

Specifically, you can now browse and debug the source code for the following .NET Framework libraries:

  • .NET Base Class Libraries (including System, System.CodeDom, System.Collections, System.ComponentModel, System.Diagnostics, System.Drawing, System.Globalization, System.IO, System.Net, System.Reflection, System.Runtime, System.Security, System.Text, System.Threading, etc).
  • ASP.NET (System.Web, System.Web.Extensions)
  • Windows Forms (System.Windows.Forms)
  • Windows Presentation Foundation (System.Windows)
  • ADO.NET and XML (System.Data and System.Xml)
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#Jan 17th @ 1:24 AM
gogole
gogole
i don't know  of debugging but you could view (all) the .Net libraries in C#,VB and IL with this .Net reflector.it is a very useful app, try it Smiley.
#Jan 17th @ 6:58 AM
Jenp
Jenp

Yes Reflector is fantastic - the beauty though of having the actual source code is that you can literally walk the source code of these libraries in debug mode. No more looking at the API of the libraries through Reflector and guessing at what is being done. Now you can actually see how it was coded.

Keep using Reflector but definitely check out walking through the .NET FX source code...

 

#Jan 17th @ 7:52 AM
madd0
madd0
And don't forget about comments! You can even see the developer's comments. It's as close as you can get from entering the developer's mind Smiley
#Jan 17th @ 8:55 AM
gogole
gogole
Yeah, you guys are right. It was quite difficult at times to understand some of the code in the .Net reflector (no comments). i guess the comments in the real thing will help me out .Hey i might even go geeky,print the whole thing and paste them on my wall (just kidding).
#Jan 17th @ 10:03 AM
gogole
gogole
it seems i got so excited for nothing ....i use a trial version of VS2008 and apparently the hotfix wouldn't work with trial versions ,guess i'll have to stick with .net reflector. Sad