Just released, Version 3.1 adds lots of new stuff to the Architecture perspective to make it much easier to discover the current structure and move classes or packages around to define a preferred architecture. First thing is a simple expand … Read More
Deconstructing Software
Spring 2.5 Architecture Diagrams
I have updated the architecture diagrams for the just-released Spring 2.5. Any new or changed packages are highlighted (since 2.0.6). The diagrams are also online – if you pointed your IDE plugin at these after my previous entry, you will … Read More
Structure101 V3 Released, Adds Architecture Control for Teams
Released today, the new version 3 capabilities make Structure101 a nicely rounded architectural control solution in addition to the previous structural analysis and complexity measurement capabilities. For example: You can now define layering constraints on your code-base using simple, intuitive … Read More
A Periodic Table of Visualization Methods
A lot of work went into this. A "periodic table" of visualization methods for data, information, concepts, strategy, metaphors, process and structure. Here’s a screen shot – be sure and visit the original if you’re interested – when you mouse … Read More
Package design matters – Part 1
Java packages are often used like file-system folders to organize source. But source files differ from “normal” files in that they are highly inter-dependent. Considering this interdependence as a package hierarchy evolves can have significant productivity benefits. Packages as Folders … Read More
An Overview of Structure101 Architecture Diagrams
Structure101 lets you work with both structure (the whole code-base as it is) and architecture (the subset of the structure that you really care about, and how it should be). It lets you define the architecture in the context of … Read More
Beautiful Structure
In response to O’Reilly’s just-published Beautiful Code, Johnathan Edwards explains why he couldn’t go along with the premise. One sentence in his excellent piece stood out for me: “The human mind can not grasp the complexity of a moderately sized … Read More
Spring Framework 2.1 M3 Architecture
Here are some architecture diagrams for Spring Framework 2.1 M3 (released yesterday). You can point the (free) structure101 plug-in at these and get IDE warnings if your customizations break Jeurgen’s architecture. Here is the top level breakout of org.springframework: Structure101 … Read More
Code Organization Guidelines for Large Code Bases
In an excellent on-line presentation Juergen Hoeller gives rationale and guidelines for controlling the structure of large, evolving code-bases. Juergen is the chief architect of the Spring framework, which as I have previously pointed out is structurally almost perfect. This … Read More
Structure101 Supports Java 1.5
We have overhauled the byte-code parser to now pick up Java 1.5 constructs (e.g. generics and annotations), plus it is much faster. You can download the first build that includes the new parser here. If you currently use the structure101 … Read More