Architecting Applications with Mindmapping Tools

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Architecting Applications with Mindmapping Tools

• Can anything save me time when designing an
  application?
• How can my visual brain help out?
• By Hal Helms
• hal.helms_at_teamallaire.com
• http//www.halhelms.com/

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Fusebox Schematic

• When I am working on a problem I never think
  about beauty. I only think about how to solve the
  problem. But when I have finished, if the
  solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.
• Buckminster Fuller

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Identifying XFAs
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Assigning values to XFAs

• PAGE ? XFA NAME ? DESCRIPTIVE APPLICATION NAME
• Login XFA.submitForm ? validateUserLogin
• Login Validation XFA.success ? showMainCatalogPage
  
• Product Detail XFA.buyItem ? addItemToCart
• Cart XFA.adjust quantities ? adjustCartQuantities
• Cart XFA.removeItem ? removeItemFromCart
• Registered User XFA.editInfo ? editUserInfo
• Registered User XFA.saveInfoUpdate ? saveUser
• Admin Page XFA.newUser ? newUser

Identifying common nouns
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Identifying circuit and fuseaction
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Identifying needed fuses
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Completing the schematic
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Fusebox 3 considerations

• Separate layout from logic.
• Consider whether the page is actually integral to
  the circuit or is an interface. Could there be
  other interfaces to this same functionality?
• Something like a new user form is normally not
  part of a User circuit.
• Dont get confused with permissions when
  designing circuits.