'Sourcetrail', which allows you to easily visualize source code for free, seems useful for large-scale development and understanding of legacy code
Software that provides highly functional and safe services is extremely valuable to users. However, the development of such software tends to be complex and the amount of source code tends to increase. Sourcetrail is a free open source software that visualizes dependencies in source code in easy-to-understand graphs, such as how functions and variables are related, which is important in large-scale development.
Sourcetrail - The open-source cross-platform source explorer
As modern software continues to become more sophisticated, developers are dealing with a significantly larger amount of code. Due to this trend, ' microservice architecture ' is emerging, which allows services to be divided by function and management for each service is simplified, but ' monolith ' systems consisting of a single multifunctional service are also emerging. Exists.
The amount and complexity of code handled by developers has increased more than 100 times in the past 10 years - GIGAZINE
It is difficult to understand the relationships between complex source codes just by reading them. Using Sourcetrail, you can graphically visualize the dependencies of functions and variables in code written in C, C++, Java, and Python. Sourcetrail was originally provided under a commercial license by developer
Source code search engine “Sourcetrail” made OSS and published on GitHub: CodeZine
https://codezine.jp/article/detail/11826
You can understand the feeling of using Sourcetrail by watching the official movie below.
First, start Sourcetrail and load the project.
The source code is indexed. Note that if the code base is large, it may
Once indexing is complete, the categories of objects to display are displayed.
For example, the 'Functions' category visualizes function dependencies.
You can search for objects by entering keywords in the search window in the upper left.
Functions are orange, variables are blue, and classes are gray.
It also visualizes the relationships between classes so that you can understand them at a glance.
Sourcetrail has a plugin for
sourcetrail - Visual Studio Marketplace
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=astallinger.sourcetrail
There are other source code visualization tools such as Understand and SysClinic . However, all of them are paid, so one of Sourcetrail's strengths is that it is free and easy to use.
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