My recent post on architectural erosion in the findbugs code-base was generally well received, but there were some skeptical voices. In a comment, Emeric questioned whether cyclic dependencies at the package level are anything more than a smell (if that).…
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Software erosion and package tangles
Tagged with: Complexity, Package design, Software Architecture, Software erosion, Transformations
Posted in Complexity, Emergent Design
Posted in Complexity, Emergent Design
Software erosion in pictures – Findbugs
My particular area of interest in software these days is the importance of levels of abstraction above the raw code. In Java, the most natural place for these to manifest themselves is through the package structure (though this is certainly…
Tagged with: Dependency Management, Design entropy, Emergent Design, Software Architecture, Software erosion
Posted in Complexity, Emergent Design
Posted in Complexity, Emergent Design
