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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
This update now checks for architecture violations automatically when you do a build (previous version was “on-demand” only). More on structure101 IDE plug-ins.
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 … Continue reading