README.md

Documents Index

This repo includes several documents that explain both high-level and low-level concepts about the .NET runtime. These are very useful for contributors, to get context that can be very difficult to acquire from just reading code.

Intro to .NET Core

.NET Core is a self-contained .NET runtime and framework that implements ECMA 335. It can be (and has been) ported to multiple architectures and platforms. It supports a variety of installation options, having no specific deployment requirements itself.

Getting Started

• Installing the .NET Core SDK
• Official .NET Core Docs

Project Docs

• Project Roadmap
• Developer Guide
• Contributing to .NET Core
• Contributing Workflow
• Performance Guidelines
• Garbage Collector Guidelines
• Adding new public APIs to mscorlib
• Project NuGet Dependencies

Coding Guidelines

• CLR Coding Guide
• CLR JIT Coding Conventions
• Cross Platform Performance and Eventing Design
• Adding New Events to the VM

Build CoreCLR from Source

• Building CoreCLR on FreeBSD
• Building CoreCLR on Linux
• Building CoreCLR on OS X
• Building CoreCLR on Windows

Testing and Debugging CoreCLR

• Debugging CoreCLR
• Testing Changes on Windows
• Testing Changes on Linux, OS X, and FreeBSD
• Testing with CoreFX
• Performance Tracing on Windows
• Performance Tracing on Linux
• Creating native images

Book of the Runtime

The Book of the Runtime is a set of chapters that go in depth into various interesting aspects of the design of the .NET Framework.

• Book of the Runtime

For your convenience, here are a few quick links to popular chapters:

• Introduction to the Common Language Runtime
• Garbage Collection Design
• Type System

Decoder Rings

• .NET Core Glossary
• .NET Filename Encyclopedia

Other Information

• CoreFX Repo documentation
• Porting to .NET Core
• .NET Standards (Ecma)
• CLR Configuration Knobs
• MSDN Entry for the CLR
• Wikipedia Entry for the CLR