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/2008/12/software-erosion-and-package-tangles/ http://www.headwaysoftware.com/blog/2008/12/software-erosion-and-package-tangles/#comments Wed, 03 Dec 2008 10:26:30 +0000 Ian Sutton http://www.headwaysoftware.com/blog/?p=158 dzone_url = "http://www.headwaysoftware.com/blog/2008/12/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]]> http://www.headwaysoftware.com/blog/2008/12/software-erosion-and-package-tangles/feed/ 4 http://www.headwaysoftware.com/blog/2008/11/software-erosion-findbugs/ http://www.headwaysoftware.com/blog/2008/11/software-erosion-findbugs/#comments Thu, 27 Nov 2008 10:23:08 +0000 Ian Sutton http://www.headwaysoftware.com/blog/?p=131 dzone_url = "http://www.headwaysoftware.com/blog/2008/11/software-erosion-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]]> http://www.headwaysoftware.com/blog/2008/11/software-erosion-findbugs/feed/ 15 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/2006/11/devx-review-of-structure101/ http://www.headwaysoftware.com/blog/2006/11/devx-review-of-structure101/#comments Tue, 21 Nov 2006 11:54:33 +0000 Chris Chedgey http://headway.structure101.com/blog/?p=23 Continue reading]]> http://www.headwaysoftware.com/blog/2006/11/devx-review-of-structure101/feed/ 2 http://www.headwaysoftware.com/blog/2006/10/complexity-debt-dont-fix-it-keep-a-lid-on-it/ http://www.headwaysoftware.com/blog/2006/10/complexity-debt-dont-fix-it-keep-a-lid-on-it/#comments Thu, 19 Oct 2006 13:55:31 +0000 Chris Chedgey http://headway.structure101.com/blog/?p=24 dzone_url = "http://www.headwaysoftware.com/blog/2006/10/complexity-debt-dont-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]]> http://www.headwaysoftware.com/blog/2006/10/complexity-debt-dont-fix-it-keep-a-lid-on-it/feed/ 2 http://www.headwaysoftware.com/blog/2006/10/structure101-v2-goes-ga-today/ http://www.headwaysoftware.com/blog/2006/10/structure101-v2-goes-ga-today/#comments Tue, 10 Oct 2006 13:09:18 +0000 Chris Chedgey http://headway.structure101.com/blog/?p=25 Continue reading]]> http://www.headwaysoftware.com/blog/2006/10/structure101-v2-goes-ga-today/feed/ 0 http://www.headwaysoftware.com/blog/2006/09/spring-2s-architecture-a-single-dependency-cycle-slipped-in/ http://www.headwaysoftware.com/blog/2006/09/spring-2s-architecture-a-single-dependency-cycle-slipped-in/#comments Mon, 18 Sep 2006 12:59:03 +0000 Chris Chedgey http://headway.structure101.com/blog/?p=28 dzone_url = "http://www.headwaysoftware.com/blog/2006/09/spring-2s-architecture-a-single-dependency-cycle-slipped-in/";The Spring guys have let a single dependency cycle into their architecture. A very small flaw, but it’s a perfect example of why you need to check your code-base at different levels to keep it truly tangle-free. I did a … Continue reading]]> http://www.headwaysoftware.com/blog/2006/09/spring-2s-architecture-a-single-dependency-cycle-slipped-in/feed/ 0 http://www.headwaysoftware.com/blog/2006/09/tracking-complexity-debt/ http://www.headwaysoftware.com/blog/2006/09/tracking-complexity-debt/#comments Wed, 13 Sep 2006 07:07:26 +0000 Chris Chedgey http://headway.structure101.com/blog/2006/09/tracking-complexity-debt/ dzone_url = "http://www.headwaysoftware.com/blog/2006/09/tracking-complexity-debt/";Un-monitored, the complexity of a code-base increases with its size. Jboss and Struts are perfect examples. However monitoring complexity helps you keep complexity debt under control, or even down to zero. If you publish the last couple of years worth … Continue reading]]> http://www.headwaysoftware.com/blog/2006/09/tracking-complexity-debt/feed/ 0 http://www.headwaysoftware.com/blog/2006/09/cat-scan-a-code-base/ http://www.headwaysoftware.com/blog/2006/09/cat-scan-a-code-base/#comments Wed, 06 Sep 2006 08:13:25 +0000 Chris Chedgey http://headway.structure101.com/blog/2006/09/cat-scan-a-code-base/ dzone_url = "http://www.headwaysoftware.com/blog/2006/09/cat-scan-a-code-base/";Structure101 v2 goes beta today. With it you can walk through the code-base in slices from the class-level, to the package-level and up through the design levels, spotting tangles and seeing how far they have spread. This is a snag … Continue reading]]> http://www.headwaysoftware.com/blog/2006/09/cat-scan-a-code-base/feed/ 2