Category Archive: 'Reports'

The Power of Visualization

It’s always interesting to use DepAn on a new body of code.  I’m constantly amazed at the power of visualization to expose hidden details.  The human eye is well tuned to pick-up on subtle variations, and DepAn’s rich rendering capabilities can help you see details that are invisible when scanning source code.  In this case study, […]

Using Maven to Bundle Non-OSGi Third-Party Libraries

One of the delights of modern software development is the rich availability of third-party libraries. Maven has been at the forefront on this, with a nearly endless supply of components at The Central Repository. Unfortunately, without special adaptations, many of the these libraries cannot used directly in an OSGi platform like Eclipse.  OSGi mandates specific […]