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copied!<p>When starting with NDepend, the most important thing is to understand what <a href="http://www.ndepend.com/Features.aspx#CQL" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Code Rule over LINQ (CQLinq)</a> can bring to your shop by letting you define queries on your code and rules. <a href="http://www.ndepend.com/DefaultRules/webframe.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Here you'll find a summary and source code of all 200 default code rules</a>.</p> <p>The second most important thing to look at is dependencies, with both the <a href="http://www.ndepend.com/Doc_VS_Arch.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">dependency graph view</a>, that works hand-in-hand with the <a href="http://www.ndepend.com/Doc_Matrix.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">dependency matrix view</a>. Once you master these 2 views, you'll be able to pinpoint where the code is well layered or not, and where developers made mistake.</p> <p>Then it'll be time to learn more in-depth feature, such as the possibility to <a href="http://www.ndepend.com/Features.aspx#BuildComparison" rel="nofollow noreferrer">compare 2 versions of your code base</a>, the <a href="http://www.ndepend.com/Features.aspx#Metrics" rel="nofollow noreferrer">various code metrics</a> and why they are useful, enforcing statically <a href="http://www.ndepend.com/Features.aspx#Immutable" rel="nofollow noreferrer"> purity and immutability</a>, controlling automatically <a href="http://www.ndepend.com/Features.aspx#Coverage" rel="nofollow noreferrer">test coverage</a>...</p>

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