Working Effectively with Legacy Code by Michael C. Feathers ISBN 9788131740774, 8131740773 instant download

Working Effectively with Legacy Code by Michael C. Feathers ISBN 9788131740774, 8131740773 instant download

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 make safer changes.