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Code Maps improvements in Visual Studio Enterprise 2015 RTM: Code maps now have simpler menus, more intuitive icons, and independent group layout

July 20, 2015 Jul 20, 2015 07/20/15

Jean-Marc Prieur

Amongst the improvements we’ve made to Code Maps in Visual Studio Enterprise 2015 RTM are: The icons are now consistent with Solution Explorer and other tools The following screenshot shows a code map in Visual Studio 2015 RC. You can see that, although the nodes are decorated with icons, these are of varying sizes and some are not ...

Code maps now differentiate test projects, and bring code context into map elements

April 29, 2015 Apr 29, 2015 04/29/15

Mathew Aniyan MSFT

Today Soma announced the Release Candidate of Visual Studio 2015. It adds two useful improvements to the Code Maps feature, which can make it easier to create better designs and architectures for your applications. The first improvement is in the way that code maps display and interpret test assets within solutions. The second improvement is ...

Code Map improvements in Visual Studio 2015 CTP6

February 23, 2015 Feb 23, 2015 02/23/15

Jean-Marc Prieur

Code Maps, previously known as Directed Graph Documents, are a great way to visualize the relationships and interdependencies between the components of your applications. They make it much easier to understand the architecture of your (or, even more useful, somebody else’s) application, and where you should start when you need to update the ...

New ways to quickly create a Code Map

February 12, 2015 Feb 12, 2015 02/12/15

Jean-Marc Prieur

Code Maps, previously known as Directed Graph Documents, are a great way to visualize the relationships and interdependencies between the components of your applications. They make it much easier to understand the architecture of your (or, even more useful, somebody else’s) application, and where you should start when you need to update the ...

Filter link types on Code Map

November 12, 2014 Nov 12, 2014 11/12/14

Jean-Marc Prieur

In this post, we're going to walk you through how the new "filter link types" feature on code maps can be used to analyze dependencies and declutter maps when using them to understand the design of code. Analyze dependencies I'm trying to understand the dependencies in my app (the one we've chosen is an internal, experimental tool for ...