Analyzing .NET Framework Application
Introduction
NDepend can analyze .NET Framework applications. All .NET Framework versions are supported 4.x, 3.5, 2.x, 1.x.
In the picture below, we can see the panel NDepend > Project properties > Code to Analyze on an application that depends on the .NET Framework.
- The .NET Profile is .NET Framework 4.0. This profile is detected automatically when analyzing a .NET Fx solution or some .NET Fx assemblies.
- Directories that contain the .NET Framework assemblies are automatically referenced.
- .NET Framework referenced assemblies are automatically resolved.
- The runtime netfx4.x is shown for all application assemblies.
- Note that if some assemblies are compiled against .NET Standard 2.0 for example, netstandard20 is shown instead.
- All NDepend use-cases work when analyzing a .NET Framework application.
Default Rules on .NET Framework Usage
NDepend proposes many default rules related to some .NET Framework API usage. Rule categories are:
- System
- System.Collections
- System.Runtime.InteropServices
- System.Threading
- System.Xml
- System.Globalization
- System.Reflection
- Microsoft.Contracts
Related Blog Post
In January 2020 we published this blog post: