CHAPTER 12

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Using Architecture Explorer

Developers often find themselves having to fix bug or perform maintenance on an application that they have never been involved with before. This situation offers many challenges. For instance, the developer must understand the code. This can be tough if there is no documentation available or if there are no good automated tests for the application.

Similar problems also face developers who join a new project and need to get up to speed with development. Or perhaps applications have grown out of control over time and the developers not longer recognize what the solution and its dependencies look like.

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