Monday, May 12. 2008
.NET Reflector
Besides pointing you to useful websites and showing you useful productivity tips I will also showcase some of the best tools out there. This is the first of a number of posts which focuses on developer tools.
Lutz Roeder’s .NET Reflector enables you to browse and search through the class hierarchies of .NET assemblies even if you don’t have the code for them.
The README describes the application as follows:
Reflector is a class browser for .NET components. It allows browsing and searching the meta data, IL instructions, resources and XML documentation stored in a .NET assembly.
The .NET Reflector is in my opinion one of the most useful tools for serious .NET developers. It simply allows you to see what happens behind the cover of the .NET framework.
By default the application will load the assemblies of the .NET Framework of your choice on startup. This and the excellent search feature makes it extremely easy to use the reflector. Although it is no longer the only way to see what is going on inside the .NET Framework (Microsoft made the code for the .NET Framework available to the public recently) .NET reflector is, in my opinion, still the easiest way to take a peek into the inner workings of .NET
I also recommend to have a look at the plugins available on the official site.
This blog will not only feature tips and hints but also show you the most basic and mundane things. This time I will show you how to check if a string is empty. A very basic task. Nevertheless there are a few ways of doing that. Some good, some not so g
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