Month: January 2016
Calculating the ROI of NDepend
Years ago, I discovered NDepend and downloaded it for a trial. At the time, I found myself working in a .NET shop where a lot of developers worked in the...
That Code’s Not Dead – It Went To a Farm Upstate… And You’re Paying For It
When it comes to pets, there’s a heartbreaking lie that parents often tell little children when they believe that those children are not yet ready to wrap their heads around...
The Case for the NDepend Dashboard Feature
If you hang around agile circles long enough, you’re quite likely to hear the terms “big, visible chart” and “information radiator.” I think both of these loosely originate from the...
Visualizing Your (Real) Software Architecture
Diagrams of software architecture have a certain aesthetic appeal to them. They usually consist of grayscale or muted pastel colors and nice, soft shapes with rounded edges. The architects that make...