Visualizing Package Dependencies Using the Package Visualizer

In large projects, keeping track of all external package dependencies used in a solution can be difficult. Using the Package Visualizer that ships with the NuGet Visual Studio Extension, a graphical diagram of all projects in a solution and their package dependencies can be generated.

The Package Visualizer will be mainly used by technical project leads or architects to analyze which packages are referenced by which project and how a solution is structured.

images Note The Package Visualizer depends on Directed Graph Markup Language (DGML) support in Visual Studio. Unfortunately, creating ...

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