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Maintainable
Dave Bryant Copeland - Quantifying the Carrying Cost
Oct 3, 2023
Dave Bryant Copeland, Senior Software Engineer and speaker, discusses challenges in retrofitting software with more testing, navigating design decisions, understanding personal biases, and a disappointing experience with frontend in Angular.
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- Maintainable software requires comprehensive testing to ensure functionality and confident changes.
- Adding tests to legacy projects can be time-consuming, but it is essential for maintainability.
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Characteristics of Maintainable Software
Maintainable software is characterized by being well-understood, allowing for confident changes and modifications. This is often achieved through the inclusion of tests, ensuring that the software behaves as intended. Ensuring a good balance between unit, integration, and acceptance testing is crucial for maintaining confidence in the software's functionality.
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