December 2006
Intermediate to advanced
1312 pages
35h 17m
English
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4.4 Finding Changes Between Assembly Versions with LibCheck
Assemblies may be changed many times throughout the life of a project due to the addition, removal, or modification of functionality. It is common to avoid upgrading to newer versions of an assembly when the code is shared within a company or throughout a community due to the fear of breaking changes.
With LibCheck, a team can compare the public interfaces of two assemblies to determine whether any interfaces have been removed, added, or modified. Viewing the differences between two versions can alert a development team to unintended consequences of their changes and alert the consumers of an upgraded assembly if there is potential for modifications to have an impact on their code.
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Tool | LibCheck |
Version covered | 1.0 |
Home page | |
Power Tools page | |
Summary | Quickly get a picture of potentially breaking changes between assembly versions |
License type | Microsoft EULA |
Online resources | Blog |
Supported Frameworks | .NET 1.0, 1.1, 2.0 |
Related tools in this book | Reflector.Diff, Reflector |
Getting Started
LibCheck is available as a free download from Microsoft. The tool is distributed with the binaries, source code (C#), and tool-specification document. LibCheck is geared toward viewing breaking ...
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