If you’re a .NET developer, admit it: you’ve at least once felt curious about how the underlying APIs behind the .NET Framework are coded, how certain functions are implemented, or whether one core function is more efficient that another. Well, this is where the trusty program named .NET Reflector comes in. As the title suggests, Reflector uses .NET reflection and ILDASM processing. It is the decompiler of the .NET world, and allows you to view source code of DLLs or executables in multiple languages (including C#, VB, C++, Delphi, IL, and more) with ease. It is very interesting to examine how the brilliant programmers at Microsoft sculpted the inner workings of the programming framework that drives many applications today. With this tool, you can accomplish just that and much much more. The Reflector was originally created by Lutz Roeder, but has been acquired by Red Gate Software. The program is free for all to download and use, and it can even Reflect upon itself! Now that is true irony. You can snag a copy over at the Red Gate site.
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