Every programmer has to face legacy code day after day. It might be ugly, it might look scary, it can make a grown man cry. Some will throw it away and try rewriting everything from scratch. Most of them will fail.
Learning how to deal with legacy code is a much better idea. It is not so scary when you take it in very small bites, introduce small changes, add unit tests. When code is refactored and unit tests are in place, you can add new code to systems and make existing code more maintainable. However, refactoring code without having tests in place can be hazardous.
This workshop presents a collection of dependency breaking and test writing techniques that can be used to get existing code safely under test for refactoring. These techniques can be used in conjunction with Test Driven Development to breathe new life into large existing code bases.
This workshop is structured as a set of lectures, discussions, and hands-on exercises.
Course Prerequisites:
By the end of this course, you will:
Workshop Outline:
What to bring?
8 hours (1 day).
1800 hryvnas per person (lunch included).