Ndepend License Key
The values you see in the above image are the NDepend scores of each line. For example, the line starting p2.Add(2) has an NDepend score of 19 because the code in a method is 19 lines long. Generally, the higher the score the better. The code score is the overall quality of a method, such as how easy it is to maintain. It ranges from 0-100. Other analysis metrics include cyclomatic complexity, complexity per method, cohesion per method, data cohesion per method, and so on. The overall risk of a method is the sum of all the metrics divided by the code score.
Ndepend License Key
It is possible to download the entire code base of NHibernate. The rule set that I used above to ignore the code generated by Fody is part of the commercial version; since Im using a free evaluation copy I couldnt get all the metrics in the report, but when you download the.zip file from www.ndepend.com you get all the metrics. Please keep in mind that this is not a free product, and the free version is only open source.
The commercial version of NDepend doesnt have 100% perfect scores and it can be frustrating to try and figure out why the code is so messy, and it can easily stop an enthusiastic developer from using it. That being said, I recommend a rule set that is a bit less strict than the one Im using. By default, NDepend uses a rule set that analyzes the source code as it is, and when running the analysis that rule set is pretty forgiving. To get a more accurate view of how messy the code is, you should change the rule set to analyze the output of an IL disassembler.
By default, NDepend analyzes files. However, you can do a custom analysis that will analyze a project by selecting a folder and the files in that folder (new since version 4.3). While the project is being analyzed a progress bar will show you the percentage of files being analyzed. The analysis is asynchronous; it wont freeze your application or process. While the analysis is running, you can also see the analysis results at the side of your IDE. Since this post is about Visual Studio, there is no need to go into the details of custom analyzers.