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Working Effectively with Legacy Code
Contributor(s): Feathers, Michael (Author)

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 ISBN: 0131177052     ISBN-13: 9780131177055
Publisher: Pearson
OUR PRICE: $61.74  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: September 2004
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Get more out of your legacy systems: more performance, functionality, reliability, and manageability

Is your code easy to change? Can you get nearly instantaneous feedback when you do change it? Do you understand it? If the answer to any of these questions is no, you have legacy code, and it is draining time and money away from your development efforts.

In this book, Michael Feathers offers start-to-finish strategies for working more effectively with large, untested legacy code bases. This book draws on material Michael created for his renowned Object Mentor seminars: techniques Michael has used in mentoring to help hundreds of developers, technical managers, and testers bring their legacy systems under control.

The topics covered include Understanding the mechanics of software change: adding features, fixing bugs, improving design, optimizing performance Getting legacy code into a test harness Writing tests that protect you against introducing new problems Techniques that can be used with any language or platform--with examples in Java, C++, C, and C# Accurately identifying where code changes need to be made Coping with legacy systems that aren't object-oriented Handling applications that don't seem to have any structure

This book also includes a catalog of twenty-four dependency-breaking techniques that help you work with program elements in isolation and makesafer changes.(c) Copyright Pearson Education. All rights reserved.

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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Computers | Software Development & Engineering - Quality Assurance & Testing
Dewey: 005.1
LCCN: 2004108115
Series: Robert C. Martin
Physical Information: 1" H x 6.9" W x 9.1" L (1.60 lbs) 464 pages
Features: Glossary, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product
 
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This book provides programmers with the ability to cost effectively handlecommon legacy code problems without having to go through the hugelyexpensive task of rewriting all existing code. It describes a series of practicalstrategies that developers can employ to bring their existing softwareapplications under control. The author provides useful guidance about how touse these strategies when refactoring or making functional changes to codebases. One of the book's key points is that it teaches developers to write teststhat can be used to make sure they are not unintentionally changing theapplication as they optimize it. Examples are provided in Java, C++, and Csharp, and the book assumes that the reader has some knowledge of UMLnotation. Strategies using UML and code in C++ and Java primarily whilelanguage independent advice will be delivered in side bars and appendices forlanguage specific users.
 
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