Structure101

Tools to reduce
the complexity
of your codebase

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Complexity costs! Moreover, the most damaging forms of over-complexity are usually hidden from view. Structure101 includes a simple and actionable measurement framework that allows you to quantify overall complexity debt, identify hotspots, and progressively simplify over time.

More on complexity

Ideal Structure tutorial (17 mins) - More detailed discussion of the principles of ideally structured code and the interplay between Fat and Tangles.
Measuring Structural Over-Complexity - White Paper with details of the XS metric calculations.
Guidelines for Successful Acquisition and Management of Software Intensive Systems - the Mitre study referred to in the video.
structure101.com for a sample of the information available via the Structure101 Web Application to your browser, your Structure101 interactive GUI desktop client, and your Structure101 IDE Plugin for Eclipse, IntelliJ IDEA, and Visual Studio.

Note:
As well as XS, Structure101 also measures tanglicity at various levels in the code and the degree of non-conformance to the user-defined architecture. The Structure101 client summary report is a good place to get an overview of the values and semantics.