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Working effectively with legacy code
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This book provides comprehensive strategies for working with large, untested legacy code bases.
It covers topics such as understanding the mechanics of software change, adding features, fixing bugs, improving design, and optimizing performance.
The book emphasizes the importance of adding tests before making changes, breaking dependencies, and using techniques like characterization tests to ensure the existing behavior of the code is preserved.
It includes a catalog of dependency-breaking techniques and is particularly tailored for developers working with languages like Java and C++.
It covers topics such as understanding the mechanics of software change, adding features, fixing bugs, improving design, and optimizing performance.
The book emphasizes the importance of adding tests before making changes, breaking dependencies, and using techniques like characterization tests to ensure the existing behavior of the code is preserved.
It includes a catalog of dependency-breaking techniques and is particularly tailored for developers working with languages like Java and C++.
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Holger fand das durchaus ein gutes Buch und würde das glaube ich heute immer noch nehmen.
Folge 113: Patterns Schmatterns - Gang of four in 2025
Mentioned by Michael Stum as a guide to refactoring legacy code, emphasizing the importance of writing tests first.
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Carter Morgan and 
Nathan Toups in relation to handling type conversion errors during method extraction.
Carter Morgan and Nathan Toups in relation to handling type conversion errors during method extraction.
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Mentioned in the context of working with legacy code and characterization tests.
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