Exploring your current architecture with SonarQube

SonarQube has introduced a feature for managing and visualizing project architecture, eliminating the need for outdated diagrams and simplifying the understanding of project structures. This tool provides an interactive architecture map that organizes components based on their logical or physical structure, depending on the programming language, allowing users to explore relationships and dependencies visually without inspecting code. The architecture map is methodically ordered, with dependencies flowing from left to right, and components on the right often serving as foundational utilities. Advanced features highlight the flow of dependencies, where components on the left orchestrate the system, and those on the right provide utilities, with wider rows indicating more cohesive business logic and longer columns indicating less cohesion typical of utility packages. This visualization aids developers in understanding intricate project dependencies and relationships, facilitating better project management and structure comprehension.