Tag: Legacy Code

363: Jonathan Boccara on Understanding Legacy Code

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363: Jonathan Boccara on Understanding Legacy Code

Jonathan Boccara, author of The Legacy Code Programmer’s Toolbox discusses understanding and working with legacy code. Working with legacy code is a key skill of professional software development that is often neglected. Host Adam Gordon Bell spoke with Boccara about reading legacy code, developing the right attitude for approaching legacy code and several techniques for […]

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SE-Radio Episode 295: Michael Feathers on Legacy Code

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SE-Radio Episode 295: Michael Feathers on Legacy Code

Felienne talks with Michael Feathers about Legacy Code. When is something legacy? Is working on legacy different from working on greenfield code? Do developers need different skills and techniques? Testing legacy code. How to test a legacy system? When do we have enough tests to feel safe to start coding? Techniques to make legacy systems […]

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