>In my wanderings through the theory and methodology world, I have found another software architecture that vividly strikes a chord in the VFP development world.
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>This is the Big Ball of Mud. Essentially, describes an architecture that evolves over time as more and more is added to what was supposed to be a stop-gap solution.
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>What is interesting, is that the conclusion of the paper is that the Big Ball of Mud architectural style has it's place.
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Hmmm, sounds like how some of our legacy Clipper apps were developed that I am now converting to VFP. :( (Actually starting completely over from scratch as there is very little to move over to Fox).