Visual VBDepend

Keeping track of changes and checking whether they have introduced any new problems into the software is probably developers’ main concern, which is why they often rely on additional programs to help them analyze their code base and specify the design rules that need to be observed.

Such a tool is Visual VBDepend, an advanced and comprehensive software solution aimed at programmers who work with Visual Basic 6, as it can significantly simplify the process for them and spare them from a lot of useless effort, at the same time.

Appearance-wise, the utility can be slightly overwhelming, particularly for novices, but tech-savvy individuals will surely have no problem navigating the numerous menus and tabs, to obtain the result they need.

The start screen of Visual VBDepend allows users to view recent projects, create a new one or open an existing file from their computer. At the same time, they can compare two versions of a code base and identify differences.

When starting a new project, users can work with Code Query Linq (or CQlingQ), a set of over eighty rules and queries provided for them and which can easily be customized to meet their own needs, as well as yield the necessary results.

Moreover, Visual VBDepend offers around sixty code metrics pertaining to code structure, organization, classes and more, that can be applied to the application, projects, packages, types, methods or fields, as required by the developers’.

What is also quite helpful consists of the fact that different versions of the same code base can be compared, allowing users to swiftly identify evolution or regression in their project, going beyond regular text comparison techniques and identifying comment and code changes, or what was added, modified and removed from the file.

Overall, Visual VBDepend proves to be a feature-rich, professional-grade program that developers can rely on for thoroughly analyzing their projects and comparing code base versions to emphasize all sorts of changes between them.