Visualize Code with Software Architecture Diagrams
The source code is the design. This famous motto means that no matter how many diagrams you draw and discuss with your colleagues, what matters is how the existing source code is actually structured. The need for visualizing code It is important to distinguish between the static view of code (how classes depend on each other in …
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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 completely different tools: NDepend to visualize the code, and PostSharp to reduce its complexity. Since PostSharp is itself a complex codebase, we’ll use NDepend to …
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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. ) Renaming an Identifier With Ctrl+R,R you can rename any code identifier: a variable, a field, a class… The renaming experience is pretty clean when only one …
Case Study : Complex UI Testing
This post was originally posted at https://blog.ndepend.com/case-study-complex-ui-testing/. Author: Patrick Smacchia 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 principles that can be objectively applied, validated and measured. When these 2 principles are applied they lead to High …
Case Study: 2 Simple Principles to achieve High Code Maintainability
High Code Maintainability is the key to make both the management and the developers happy: Maintainability lets a product evolves naturally at a sustained pace with controlled cost. Maintainability lets developers add new features and improve existing ones without spending most of their time refactoring old dusty code and fixing bugs. After 16 years of …
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