Refactoring large JavaScript codebases

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Claims that codemods scale: scripts using JSCodeShift plus Babel and recast transform ASTs across hundreds of thousands of files and run multi‑threaded, so a single team can complete months of manual work in weeks. Shows concrete moves: replace lodash.get with optional chaining, add ESLint rules and eslint/git hooks to block old patterns, and large automated PRs that mostly work but break on complex control flow (uncaught promise rejections). Stresses high test coverage and QA as mandatory.

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1. 0:00Refactoring large JS codebases
2. 2:37Why refactoring is hard
3. 7:16Divide and conquer refactoring
4. 16:01Automating refactors with Codemods
5. 24:52JS CodeShift and ASTs
6. 30:30Q&A

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