http://www.headwaysoftware.com/blog Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:39:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.headwaysoftware.com/blog/2011/06/disentangling-net-namespaces/ http://www.headwaysoftware.com/blog/2011/06/disentangling-net-namespaces/#comments Mon, 27 Jun 2011 08:03:20 +0000 Chris Chedgey http://www.headwaysoftware.com/blog/?p=504 dzone_url = "http://www.headwaysoftware.com/blog/2011/06/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 … Continue reading]]> http://www.headwaysoftware.com/blog/2011/06/disentangling-net-namespaces/feed/ 0 http://www.headwaysoftware.com/blog/2011/03/making-junit-4-8-2-tangle-free-%e2%80%93-a-possible-solution/ http://www.headwaysoftware.com/blog/2011/03/making-junit-4-8-2-tangle-free-%e2%80%93-a-possible-solution/#comments Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:03:08 +0000 Paul O'Reilly http://www.headwaysoftware.com/blog/?p=337 Continue reading]]> http://www.headwaysoftware.com/blog/2011/03/making-junit-4-8-2-tangle-free-%e2%80%93-a-possible-solution/feed/ 0 http://www.headwaysoftware.com/blog/2011/01/structure101-new-feature-class-name-map/ http://www.headwaysoftware.com/blog/2011/01/structure101-new-feature-class-name-map/#comments Wed, 26 Jan 2011 14:26:09 +0000 Chris Chedgey http://www.headwaysoftware.com/blog/?p=326 dzone_url = "http://www.headwaysoftware.com/blog/2011/01/structure101-new-feature-class-name-map/";The name-map is a feature that most users will not require. But, there are certain use cases where its use can be invaluable. For example: If you have a large volume of class to class transformations, you may notice the … Continue reading]]> http://www.headwaysoftware.com/blog/2011/01/structure101-new-feature-class-name-map/feed/ 0 http://www.headwaysoftware.com/blog/2009/11/mapping-architecture-diagrams-to-code-the-most-specific-pattern-rule/ http://www.headwaysoftware.com/blog/2009/11/mapping-architecture-diagrams-to-code-the-most-specific-pattern-rule/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:44:51 +0000 Chris Chedgey http://www.headwaysoftware.com/blog/?p=292 dzone_url = "http://www.headwaysoftware.com/blog/2009/11/mapping-architecture-diagrams-to-code-the-most-specific-pattern-rule/";Architecture Diagrams in Structure101 are mapped to the physical code by patterns associated with each cell in the diagram. This enables the visual specification of rules that can then be applied to a specific version of your code so that … Continue reading]]> http://www.headwaysoftware.com/blog/2009/11/mapping-architecture-diagrams-to-code-the-most-specific-pattern-rule/feed/ 0 http://www.headwaysoftware.com/blog/2007/12/structure101-31-software-architecture-sandboxing/ http://www.headwaysoftware.com/blog/2007/12/structure101-31-software-architecture-sandboxing/#comments Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:33:59 +0000 Chris Chedgey http://headway.structure101.com/blog/?p=6 dzone_url = "http://www.headwaysoftware.com/blog/2007/12/structure101-31-software-architecture-sandboxing/";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]]> http://www.headwaysoftware.com/blog/2007/12/structure101-31-software-architecture-sandboxing/feed/ 0 http://www.headwaysoftware.com/blog/2007/11/spring-25-architecture-diagrams/ http://www.headwaysoftware.com/blog/2007/11/spring-25-architecture-diagrams/#comments Thu, 01 Nov 2007 13:08:51 +0000 Chris Chedgey http://headway.structure101.com/blog/?p=7 dzone_url = "http://www.headwaysoftware.com/blog/2007/11/spring-25-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 … Continue reading]]> http://www.headwaysoftware.com/blog/2007/11/spring-25-architecture-diagrams/feed/ 3 http://www.headwaysoftware.com/blog/2007/10/structure101-v3-released-adds-architecture-control-for-teams/ http://www.headwaysoftware.com/blog/2007/10/structure101-v3-released-adds-architecture-control-for-teams/#comments Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:28:21 +0000 Chris Chedgey http://headway.structure101.com/blog/?p=8 Continue reading]]> http://www.headwaysoftware.com/blog/2007/10/structure101-v3-released-adds-architecture-control-for-teams/feed/ 0 http://www.headwaysoftware.com/blog/2007/08/package-design-matters-part-1/ http://www.headwaysoftware.com/blog/2007/08/package-design-matters-part-1/#comments Mon, 13 Aug 2007 09:16:54 +0000 Chris Chedgey http://headway.structure101.com/blog/?p=11 dzone_url = "http://www.headwaysoftware.com/blog/2007/08/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 … Continue reading]]> http://www.headwaysoftware.com/blog/2007/08/package-design-matters-part-1/feed/ 1 http://www.headwaysoftware.com/blog/2007/08/an-overview-of-structure101-architecture-diagrams/ http://www.headwaysoftware.com/blog/2007/08/an-overview-of-structure101-architecture-diagrams/#comments Fri, 10 Aug 2007 10:59:16 +0000 Chris Chedgey http://headway.structure101.com/blog/?p=12 dzone_url = "http://www.headwaysoftware.com/blog/2007/08/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 … Continue reading]]> http://www.headwaysoftware.com/blog/2007/08/an-overview-of-structure101-architecture-diagrams/feed/ 3 http://www.headwaysoftware.com/blog/2007/08/structure101-intellij-plug-in-build-104/ http://www.headwaysoftware.com/blog/2007/08/structure101-intellij-plug-in-build-104/#comments Tue, 07 Aug 2007 13:57:37 +0000 Chris Chedgey http://headway.structure101.com/blog/?p=13 dzone_url = "http://www.headwaysoftware.com/blog/2007/08/structure101-intellij-plug-in-build-104/";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.]]> http://www.headwaysoftware.com/blog/2007/08/structure101-intellij-plug-in-build-104/feed/ 0