In a welcoming announcement by Microsoft, the .NET Framework Library source code is now available!  The source is being released under a read-only reference licence.

Developers can now step into the framework source code when debugging in Visual Studio. To set up source access within VS 2008 (with the exception of Express editions), take a look at Shawn Burke's blog post: Configuring Visual Studio to Debug .NET Framework Source Code

Scott Guthrie has hinted that there'll be a separate download version in the near future. This avoids the need for developers to be online in order to access and browse the framework source.  The source code for Silverlight libraries will also be made available in the future.

    Comments [0]