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Mistakes I made working with legacy code and how to fix them

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TalkinPolishat 4Developers Kraków 2019 · on Tuesday, 2019-10-01· [legacy-modernisation, developer-experience]

speaker

name:Dawid Mazur
links:none on file

resources

video:https://youtu.be/A7yomN4CSDA
slides:none on file

summary

Working with legacy code, the talk describes concrete mistakes the presenter made on real, twisted projects and how to fix them today. It covers practical techniques and patterns for improving and testing legacy systems, sharing stories and actionable best practices for mid-level developers.

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chapters (15)

  1. 0:00Introduction
  2. 1:32What is legacy code
  3. 2:57Why work with legacy
  4. 4:25Documentation mistake
  5. 8:44Writing a framework mistake
  6. 13:57Legacy approach errors
  7. 17:12Unit tests role
  8. 20:29Legacy tools
  9. 22:43Avoid adding new code
  10. 23:50Code refactoring
  11. 31:36Testing hard methods
  12. 37:45Practical testing methods
  13. 42:25Code exploration
  14. 44:55Summary
  15. 47:05Conclusion

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