Category: Dependency Graph
Everything about dependency graphs and NDepend’s code visualization of dependencies.
Clean Architecture Refactoring: A Case Study
Introduction to Clean Architecture The recent post Clean Architecture for ASP.NET Core Solution: A Case Study explained that one of the most interesting property promoted by Clean Architecture is the...
When your brain can’t handle the complexity: NDepend and PostSharp
The size and complexity of codebases have exploded in the last decade. What can you do when your codebase no longer fits your brain? In this article I’ll suggest two...
.NET 5.0 App Trimming and Potential for Future Progress
In this article we will: go through the various ways to publish a .NET 5.0 application, play with .NET 5.0 app trimming to reduce the size of our deliverable use...
Architecture of a C# game rendered with Blazor, Xamarin, UWP, WPF, and Winforms
When I wrote my last post Blazor Internals you need to know I came across this great project on github: AsteroidsWasm. This project is a remake in C# of the...
10 Visual Studio Navigation Productivity Tips
A large code base is a complex asset. Visual Studio is a complex environment. In this context developers spend a significant part of their time searching and navigating across code...
Top 10 Visual Studio Refactoring Tips
With the version 2019 Visual Studio is now mature when it comes to refactoring. This post proposes a tour of the top 10 most used refactoring actions in my opinion....
Case Study : Complex UI Testing
In the previous post Case Study: 2 Simple Principles to achieve High Code Maintainability I explained that the principles layered code + high coverage ratio by test are 2 simple...
Business Complexity vs. Implementation Complexity
It is good software design practice to make sure that methods can be entirely viewed in the code editor that typically shows 30 to 45 lines at a time. The...
Identify .NET Code Structure Patterns with no Effort
The two pillars of code maintainability are automatic testing and clean code structure. Testing is used to regularly challenge code correctness and detect regression early. Testing can be easily assessed...
Static analysis of .NET Core 2.0 applications
NDepend v2017.3 has just been released with major improvements. One of the most requested features, now available, is the support for analyzing .NET Core 2.0 and .NET Standard 2.0 projects. .NET...
Without Seeing Your Application’s Dependency Graph, You’re Flying Blind
Software architecture tends to be a pretty hard game. Writing scripts and little toy apps is easy enough. You build something and then you run it, confirming it does what...