Our new IDE-resident product Structure101 Workspace includes some of the visualization and specification concepts from Structure101 Studio, but in a simpler and entirely new combination that is specifically designed for programmers. The visualization is similar to the Studio LSM – in … Read More
Author Archives: Chris Chedgey
Why cycles explode complexity
Software developers and architects would instinctively avoid cyclic dependencies given the choice – we’d never consciously create an architecture which was a ball of mud. For instance we’d be more inclined to aim for something like this … rather than … Read More
Why does the violation count change when I collapse a cell on a Structure101 Architecture Diagram?
This will happen when there is one or more violations contained within the scope of the cell you are collapsing. For example you might have this situation: And the violations count is show as 3(4) in the Diagrams list: (i.e. … Read More
Rediscovering Modularity in Switzerland
I will be giving my talk to .NET user groups in Switzerland next week, in Bern, Luzern and Zurich. Tuesday May 14 in Berne. Register with Xing, or fill in the contact form on the Berne .NET user group site. … Read More
How to create a killer call graph for impact analysis
Sometimes you really want to cut through a code-base to discover all the functions that can get called in response to a specific function being invoked, with all the other code removed from the picture. Or you might be coming … Read More
Fear the Ubergeek
Ubergeek is a strange and wonderful creature. He possesses supernatural powers for retaining vast swathes of detail in his head at one time. This makes him designed for coding, a priceless gem when you need to get version 1 of … Read More
Restructure101 version 2 released
For Restructure101 version 2 (press release) we rolled in a load of feature requests that came back from users of version 1. A lot of these were around making the existing functionality more accessible. Others make version 1 use-cases much … Read More
The value of codebase structure
Most experienced engineers would accept that there are attributes of a code base under the heading of “structure” or “architecture”, that make a substantial difference to the ease of development. However, since there is some cost to improving these attributes, … Read More
Tags: Return on investment, ROI
Disentangling .NET Namespaces
If architectural drift is addressed before monolithic code tangles have formed, the higher-level components can be disentangled by relatively low cost/risk relocation of classes between components. Otherwise more invasive class-level surgery is needed – this is possible with Restructure101, but … Read More