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Working Effectively with Legacy Code

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First published: 2004
Pages: 452

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Michael C. Feathers’ book, “Working Effectively with Legacy Code”, is a comprehensive manual for developers navigating through existing code bases. It underscores the role of testing in efficiently managing code. The book offers techniques to tackle typical legacy code issues without the costly process of recoding everything.

It instructs on creating tests to prevent unintended alterations during optimization. The book is not restricted to any specific language and includes examples in Java, C++, and C#. It’s an essential tool for comprehending and controlling legacy systems.

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Michael C. Feathers

Legacy code, in Michael Feathers's definition, is simply code without tests, and Working Effectively with Legacy Code, published by Prentice Hall in 2004, is the manual for what to do about it. Feathers built the book from material he had developed for seminars run while consulting at Object Mentor.

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