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gkamal · 2017-07-25 10:10:56+00:00

correction Working Effectively with Legacy Code is by Michael Feathers

david_allison | karma 1646 | avg karma 2.82 · | 2022-10-29 15:59:47

Working Effectively with Legacy Code by Michael Feathers

pcmccull | karma 5 | avg karma 1.25 · | 2014-05-16 13:32:56

Working Effectively with Legacy Code, by Michael Feathers

enb | karma 59 | avg karma 1.48 · | 2021-07-20 12:50:53

From Michael Feathers who wrote Working Effectively with Legacy Code

tapostrophemo | karma 74 | avg karma 1.37 · | 2008-10-30 01:49:24+00:00

Working Effectively With Legacy Code - Michael C. Feathers

mtkd | karma 1968 | avg karma 4.94 · | 2013-11-20 11:27:39+00:00

Take a look at Michael Feathers - Working Effectively With Legacy Code

olliesaunders | karma 1764 | avg karma 3.18 · | 2009-10-23 03:16:24

Michael Feathers' Working Effectively with Legacy Code is the authority on this, I think.

manicdee | karma 3077 | avg karma 1.61 · | 2016-07-11 03:32:04+00:00

More valuable advice on dealing with legacy code can be found in Michael C Feathers, "Working Effectively With Legacy Code"

cratermoon | karma 12830 | avg karma 2.05 · | 2014-09-03 16:35:56

Working Effectively with Legacy Code, by Michael Feathers, is still my go-to reference, even though it's now ten years old. https://cmdev.com/isbn/0131177052

mh8h | karma 378 | avg karma 3.07 · | 2016-01-19 18:49:17

Michael Feathers' book, Working Effectively with Legacy Code, is highly recommended. In that book he explains that you can choose between two approaches: Change and pray, or Cover and modify. Then he provides dozens of different strategies to "cover" the existing legacy codes before you make the changes.

HerpDerpLerp | karma 98 | avg karma 1.4 · | 2015-11-02 16:09:19+00:00

I am not sure the above idea is mentioned by Michael Feathers in his amaze book "Working Effectively with Legacy Code" but it is a great idea, and combined with the things that Michael does cover will do you a lot of good!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Working-Effectively-Legacy-Michael-F...

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igorgue | karma 1812 | avg karma 2.77 · | 2017-11-09 21:36:59

Read "Working Effectively with Legacy Code"

copperx | karma 4576 | avg karma 1.52 · | 2018-02-08 16:38:58+00:00

I think most of your questions can be answered by "Working Effectively with Legacy Code" by Michael C. Feathers.

disgruntledphd2 | karma 6481 | avg karma 1.73 · | 2020-07-14 11:29:53+00:00

Michael Feathers, in Working Effectively with Legacy Code, uses that definition.

Super good book if you're dealing with legacy systems at work.

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apog | karma 2 | avg karma 1.0 · | 2018-10-20 01:58:51+00:00

Working Effectively with Legacy Code

PJ_Lau | karma | avg karma · | 2017-07-25 16:05:27+00:00

work effectively with legacy code

joshyeager | karma 728 | avg karma 4.23 · | 2014-03-13 14:14:25

Reply to bcobb: I agree that Working Effectively with Legacy Code is great. It's been as revolutionary for our team as The Art of Agile Development.

The big piece that we're missing is how to apply agile practices consistently when our velocity varies so significantly because of legacy code. Feathers' book gave us a long-term path to getting out of that issue, but we're struggling with the planning and communication side of things in the meantime.

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greenyoda | karma 16146 | avg karma 1.25 · | 2017-03-27 01:34:27+00:00

There are even books about dealing with legacy code. I've found this one to be useful:

Working Effectively with Legacy Code, by Michael Feathers

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0131177052

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joelhooks | karma 1713 | avg karma 4.38 · | 2011-12-07 05:22:54+00:00

Feathers's Working Effectively With Legacy Code is /excellent/

philbarr | karma 2157 | avg karma 2.92 · | 2015-04-01 17:38:36+00:00

Feathers defines legacy code as code without accompanying tests in "Working Effectively with Legacy Code". Even to the point where someone he knows said of a particular shop, "they're writing legacy code, man!"