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Title: .NET Framework Source Code to be Released Post by: Tanya on October 03, 2007, 10:05:26 PM .NET Framework Source Code to be Released
Everybody was waiting for some major announcemnt today and here it is, about which I have just blogged:""It's like some beautiful dream...We are releasing the source code for .NET Framework base class libraries under the Microsoft Reference License, and the source code will be downloadable and viewable by anyone who accepts the license agreement.In addition, Microsoft will introduce a capability in Visual Studio 2008 to allow you to debug into the .NET Framework source code using Visual Studio. With this capability, when you are stepping through code, you will be able to step into the source code for the .NET base class libraries.This release will include the Base Class Libraries (BCL), Windows Forms, ASP.NET, System.Data, and WPF. BCL includes many of the basic classes in the framework including collections, string and text handling, IO,serialization, remoting, and others. We plan to include additional libraries into the set as time goes on." .NET Framework Source Code to be ReleasedMore Details to follow. Send via e-mail | Submit to Digg | Add to Live Favorites http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/binkdotnu/~3/164772821/net-framework-source-code-to-be-released.aspx |