August 2009 - Patrick Smacchia [MVP C#]

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NDepend v3 is fully integrated in Visual Studio, and is now available for download! Software dependencies visualization, 82 .NET software metrics, continuous rule validations, assembly version diff, declarative code queries and more ! http://ndepend.com

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Reveal hidden API usage tricks from any .NET application

Normal 0 21 false false false FR X-NONE X-NONE How many times did you use a .NET application and ended-up wondering: how the heck did they implement that particular feature? I would like to present here a way to reveal some of the best kept secrets of a .NET code base. Let’s take a concrete example...

Published Mon, Aug 31 2009 10:15 AM by Patrick Smacchia

Filed under: CQL, CQL query, re-engineering, decompile, API usage, decompilation, Pattern
Identify Code Structure Patterns at a Glance

Normal 0 21 false false false FR X-NONE X-NONE I think that caring for dependencies is the best thing you can do to make your program maintainable and to fight against complexity . I’d like here to provide some tips to identify dependencies/structural patterns at a glance, such has layered or entangled...

Published Mon, Aug 24 2009 12:40 PM by Patrick Smacchia

Filed under: Dependencies, coupling, matrix, Indirect Dependency, Cycle, DSM, complexity, Layer, Patterns, Acyclic componentization, high cohesion
A GC API that would be convenient

Normal 0 21 false false false FR X-NONE X-NONE I take a chance to expose a wish I have for quite some time. I would like the following method in the System.GC class : public static T[] GetAliveInstancesOf<T>() where T : class By alive I mean all instances reachable from the GC roots. I am not a...

Published Mon, Aug 17 2009 10:05 AM by Patrick Smacchia
The benefits of XCopy deployment

Normal 0 21 false false false FR X-NONE X-NONE There is a point about NDepend that keeps provoking debate: The product doesn’t come with an MSI-like installer. Indeed, the NDepend redistributable is a zip file. To install NDepend, the user needs first to unzip the zip redistributable file somewhere...

Published Mon, Aug 10 2009 6:12 PM by Patrick Smacchia
Reporting Code Diff

Normal 0 21 false false false FR X-NONE X-NONE Several NDepend users asked our support how to automate showing diff in report. The goal for example, is to list all assemblies/namespaces/types/methods/fields that have been added/changed/removed since the last release. Here are the 3 steps: Step1: Define...

Published Tue, Aug 4 2009 10:41 AM by Patrick Smacchia

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Reveal hidden API usage tricks from any .NET application

Identify Code Structure Patterns at a Glance

A GC API that would be convenient

The benefits of XCopy deployment

Reporting Code Diff