Making JUnit 4.8.2 tangle free – a possible solution
The purpose of this exercise was to use Restructure101 to solve tangles in JUnit version 4.8.2. Continue reading
Category: Complexity
Software erosion and package tangles
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). … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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
Complexity Debt – don’t “fix it”, “keep a lid on it”
So you just discovered that your code-base has racked up a whole load of complexity debt. This maybe explains why progress seems so painfully slow lately. You briefly think of suggesting a major complexity-reducing refactoring effort. This will delay the … Continue reading