The much awaited .NET Framework source code is finally available

The source code of .NET Framework is finally available under a read only reference license, enabling programmers to browse the source code and debug their programs more deeply and effectively.

It seems that now the code of .NET Framework is so mature that they are releasing it for public. Let’s see how the proponents of open source perceive it.

Currently the following libraries have their source code available for browsing and debugging.

• 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)

More and more libraries are said to be included in the above list.

You can refer to the the post by Shawn Burke on how to configure your Visual Studio 2008 to debug the .NET Framework Source Code.