Creating dependency graphs and matrixes from C# code

If you are building large solutions with Visual Studio, .NET and C#, you might find yourself thinking: "where do all these classes and projects belong to, and who is actually using them?".

Visual Studio's latest analysis features, including Code Lens, Code Metrics and Code Clones are useful tools, but sometimes, you need more. In these situations, I've found a tool called NDepend useful. It costs around $400 per developer, and usually pays back the license fee very quickly in saved time and improved application architecture.

For more information, check out NDepend's web site.