Using Telerik JustDecompile

Pro tip

You can learn about Visual Studio’s in-built decompilation tools and processes on the Microsoft Learn website: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/debugger/decompilation?view=vs-2022.

I have used Telerik JustDecompile on several occasions, for things such as tracking down bugs in third-party libraries, recovering essential project source code that has been lost, checking the strength of assembly obfuscation, and learning purposes. It is a tool that I highly recommend as it has proven its worth many times over the years.

The decompilation engine is open source and you can obtain the source code from https://github.com/telerik/justdecompileengine, so you are free to contribute to the project and write extensions for it. You can download Windows Installer from the Telerik website at https://www.telerik.com/products/decompiler.aspx. All source code is fully navigable. The decompiler is available as a standalone application...