IntelliJ IDEA: Structure101 Companion
Looks like the Structure101 plugin is now an official IntelliJ IDEA “companion”. At first I thought it was just a superset of IDEA’s DSM (dependency structure matrix), but it appears to have many more features than that, including ways to have your continuous build warn you of architectural violations in a way similar to PMD or Checkstyle, but obviously at a much higher level or different point of view. See the Structure101 features page on JetBrains’ site for more info.
I’ll be taking a look at the plugin soon (there’s a free trial), but I mention it because it’s not been unheard of for IntelliJ IDEA Companion products to be incorporated into IDEA itself. Based on the price of Structure101, I’m not sure that this would happen since it’s normally US$599. For now, there’s a US$100 discount through March 31, 2008 using the coupon LDJNZ-BYG0P-E1I27-OLMI9-L8KY5 at http://companions.jetbrains.com/structure101/license.html.
I thought the 12 minute video overview provided a pretty good backgrounder. http://www.headwaysoftware.com/products/structure101/demos/structure101overview_viewlet_swf.html
It looks like JetBrains might have bought Structure 101 from Headway Software? When you get around to reviewing it, it might be useful to provide a history on the product. Please review it though, I don’t have time myself!
Comment by Hamlet D'Arcy — March 26, 2008 @ 9:24 am