Visual Studio 2010: How to understand your code using Dependency Graphs, Sequence Diagrams, and the Architecture Explorer

Just gone through a new blog post by Jennifer Marsman in msdn blog. It describes how the new Architecture tools within Visual Studio 2010 help you to understand the application you have, design new functionality you need, and validate that your design and your implementation do not deviate. Though I haven't found the 'Architecture' menu item within my VS 2010 Professional Edition RC 2 Trial Version, but then also it is rocking and awesome to have such cool functional block in VS 2010 fully upgraded and registered version!!!

 To read Jennifer's Blogpost regarding New Architectural Tool in VS 2010 click here

.Net Framework 4.0 – New Entries

It seems I am posting after so many days!!!


I have just started playing with VS 2010 and started to find out so many cool inclusions.
Here are few of them… I will keep rolling this post – anybody wants to add to the ever growing list is most welcome… J

.Net 4.0 Newbie => SortedSet and StringBuilder.Clear()		Here comes our sorted list: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
.Net 4.0 Newbie => String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(param)		New method has discoverd WhiteSpace in param
.Net 4.0 Newbie => Stopwatch.Restart()		Elapsed Time in mSec Before Stopwatch Restarted = 5
.Net 4.0 Newbie => String.Concat		MNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

The sample code is given below:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Text;
using System.Diagnostics;

namespace LearningDotNet4
{

public partial class _Default : System.Web.UI.Page
{
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{

var sSet = new SortedSet<int> { 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 1, 3, 5, 7 };
var sBulder = new StringBuilder();

sBulder.Append("Here comes our sorted list: ");

//Getting directly the sorted output
foreach (int iVal in sSet)
{
string strVal = iVal.ToString();
sBulder.Append(strVal + '\t');
}

Label2.Text = sBulder.ToString();
sBulder.Clear();

String strData = " ";


sw.Start();

for (int i = 0; i < 1000000; i++)
{//Do something
//....
//ERROR!!!}

Label6.Text = "Elapsed Time in mSec Before Stopwatch Restarted = " + sw.ElapsedMilliseconds.ToString();

//Restart the Stopwatch
sw.Restart();

string output = String.Concat(GetAlphabet(true).Where(letter => letter.CompareTo("M") >= 0));
Label8.Text = output;
}

 private static List<string> GetAlphabet(bool upper)
{List<string> alphabet = new
List<string>();
int charValue = upper ? 65 : 97;
for (int ctr = 0; ctr <= 25; ctr++)
alphabet.Add(Convert.ToChar(charValue + ctr).ToString());
return alphabet;
}
}
}
if (String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(strData)){Label4.Text = "New method has discoverd WhiteSpace in param";}
Stopwatch sw = new Stopwatch();