A script to calculate and display design structure matrices based on file dependencies—plus lots of cool metrics based on the matrix.
Category: Dependencies
Create Beautiful Overview Graphs of Your Code
Five minutes with the free tool Gephi lets you turn Understand’s dependency data into a gorgeous overview of your project.
Scoping a Refactoring Effort for My Boss
TLDR You’ve been asked to consider replacing 2 open source modules–here is how to use Understand’s Architectures and Dependency analysis to let your boss know how much effort/risk this will entail. Details…
Using Architectures to Easily Track Dependencies on Open Source
Using Architectures to Easily Track Dependencies on Open Source
Finding Dependencies Between Libraries
Find everything a module depends on so you can easily extract it into a separate binary
Understand 6.3 Release
The Understand 6.3 release highlights the tools’ newest features and upgrades. Some of these improvements enhance existing tools, while others offer brand-new capabilities. Topics covered in this article include graph customization, continuous CodeCheck verification, a customizable Violation Browser, automated dependency rules, automatic architectures, AUTOSAR support, spell checking for comments/strings, SARIF imports feature, support for C#11, minor metric changes, and a new Jenkins plugin.
Making a Variable Tracker Graph
Use Understand’s Information Browser to find and graph all possible variables of your source code.
Friends Don’t Let Friends Have C++ Friends
An interactive report to show all the references that depend on C++ friend statements.
Using Understand to Develop Advanced Weapons Systems
The Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) uses Understand by SciTools to measure and verify the development of advanced weapons systems against the Navy Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) coding standard. They achieve this by utilizing Understand’s CodeCheck and other features.
5 Tips for Faster Graphs
Five tips for speeding up graph generation in Understand.