Looking into Fitnesse. There’s some good advice on usage here.
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Computers don’t do big picture
Dean Wampler explains here.
I have no faith in using tools for drawing and generating code. It sounds nice, I just don’t think it’s a good solution for most systems. A friend of mine has been working with MDA for a while, and he claims it works ok for boilerplate basic webapplications with a few forms etc. It might save you some time on these, but I’m still convinced that sooner or later you have to get into the code and then you have a maintenance nightmare on your hands.
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Spring Architecture
I have always been quite impressed with the Spring framework and its code. It’s not always the easiest thing to navigate (very deep hierarchies and some fairly advanced java concepts), but it’s always consistent, documented and well written. The deep hierarchies can be a pain to follow, but it is also what makes Spring extensible and customizable.
The sourcecode has been analyzed here and here, and the results are good. It pays to keep a close eye on some metrics.
We’re trying to do the same thing now and use the Maven reports as well as XRadar reports. It’s too early to draw any conclusions but I belive it will improve the quality of our code a lot.