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Code Map improvements in Visual Studio 2015 CTP6

Feb 23, 2015Jean-Marc Prieur
Code Map improvements in Visual Studio 2015 CTP6
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This post details specific improvements to Visual Studio's Code Maps in CTP6, building upon previous releases. Key contributions include a cleaner 'Architecture' menu with unified terminology, renaming 'New Diagram' to 'New UML or Layer Diagram', making code generation settings accessible from UML Explorer, and adding tool windows to the 'Windows' submenu. Performance improvements allow for faster generation and responsiveness, with the ability to cancel background processing. The progressive visibility of solution structure, grouping projects by solution folders, and the ability to generate maps without building are highlighted. Additional dependency link styles are explained, including the meaning of colored and gray dotted links. Assembly styling based on project type (libraries, VSIX, Web, Phone, Portable Library) is introduced, and implicit .NET type dependencies are now hidden by default. New filtering mechanisms for code elements and dependency links are presented, allowing users to focus on specific namespaces, assemblies, or classes.

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