Visualize .NET project dependencies.

It is not always clear which package or packages on the chain bring in a dated package. A visualizer helps find it. For example, assuming Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Web/6.0.7 is out of compliance, you want to find out what projects/packages currently depend on it:

1. Build your .NET projects.

2. Go to https://dep.codewithsaar.com, and click Choose asset file button.

3. Locate projects.assets.json under obj folder:

   

4. Select Target package of Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Web/6.0.7 from the drop-down and with the direction of Up, and the search depth to 0 (unlimited).

   • So that the search starts at the target package, looking for all upstream packages to the root.

And check out the result in the graph area. In this instance:

ArchAnalyzer/net6.0 depends on Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.WebAssembly/6.0.7, which depends on Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Web/6.0.7.