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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@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.

Don’t get confused with permissions when designing circuits.