If you did not have time to follow today’s event, read all related posts and twits, here is a quick recap of the announcements.

.NET go open-source

.NET Framework BCL source code is published at https://github.com/Microsoft/referencesource under MIT license. This code is for reference only, contributions are not accepted
Redesigned version of .NET, called .NET Core, will be a true open-source project with MIT license and hosted at https://github.com/dotnet/corefx
Along with the .NET libraries Microsoft will open whole CLR stack, including RyuJIT, GC, etc. The plan is to have all sources published by Build 2015
.NET Core allows embedding of CLR and libraries into application. ASP.NET 5 and .NET Native already take advantage of this deployment model
CoreCLR, .NET Core and ASP.NET 5 will be officially supported on Windows, Linux and Mac

WPF is alive

WPF continue to evolve and for the upcoming release, among other features, it will receive performance enhancements, better support for touch devices and DirecX interoperability
Visual Studio 2015 and Blend will include visual and performance diagnostics tools for WPF, XAML IntelliSense in Blend

Visual Studio 2015 Preview is available for download
Blend UI is redesigned to match VS look and feel and includes multiple enhancements
C++, Cordova and Xamarin support for cross-platform development
Visual Studio includes emulator for Android
Visual Studio Community – new free edition of VS for non-commercial projects. Allows development for desktop, mobile, Web and Azure and supports third party extensions, like Xamarin and ReSharper
Free 12-month, 30-course Pluralsight training subscription for MSDN subscribers
20% Xamarin tools discount for MSDN Premium and Ultimate subscribers