Visualize Hotspots

Large-scale systems will have massive amounts of analysis data. Even if Code Maat identifies the hotspots, it will still be hard to compare subsystems against each other or detect other trends, such as clusters of volatile modules. We need more help.

Visualizations are powerful when you have to make sense of large data sets. Our human brain is an amazing pattern-matching machine. The amount of visual information we’re able to process is astonishing. Let’s tap into all that brain power.

Use Circle Packing for Large Systems

We haven’t identified the hotspots in Hibernate yet. But let’s sneak ahead and see where we’re heading. Here’s how our Hibernate data looks in an enclosure diagram (a visualization form that works well for ...

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