Working Effectively with Legacy Code by Feathers

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Book Title
Working Effectively with Legacy Code
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Business Technology
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9780131177055
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Publisher
Pearson Education
ISBN-10
0131177052
ISBN-13
9780131177055
eBay Product ID (ePID)
30876600

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
464 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Working Effectively with Legacy Code
Publication Year
2004
Subject
Software Development & Engineering / Quality Assurance & Testing, Software Development & Engineering / General
Type
Textbook
Author
Michael Feathers
Subject Area
Computers
Series
Robert C. Martin Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback

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Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
26.1 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
7 in

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Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2004-108115
Dewey Edition
0
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
005.1
Table Of Content
I. THE MECHANICS OF CHANGE. 1. Changing Software. 2. Working with Feedback. 3. Sensing and Separation. 4. The Seam Model. 5. Tools. II. CHANGING SOFTWARE. 6. I Don't Have Much Time and I Have To Change It. 7. It Takes Forever To Make a Change. 8. How Do I Add a Feature? 9. I Can't Get This Class into a Test Harness. 10. I Can't Run This Method into a Test Harness. 11. I Need to Make a Change. What Methods Should I Test? 12. I Need to Make Many Changes In One Area Do I Have To Break. 13. I Need To Make a Change but I Don't Know What Tests To Write. 14. Dependencies on Libraries Are Killing Me. 15. My Application Is All API Calls. 16. I Don't Understand the Code Well Enough To Change It. 17. My Application Has No Structure. 18. My Test Code Is in the Way. 19. My Project Is Not Object-Oriented. How Do I Make Safe Changes? 20. This Class Is Too Big and I Don't Want It to Get Any Bigger. 21. I'm Changing The Same Code All Over the Place. 22. I Need To Change a Monster Method and I Can't Write Tests for It. 23. How Do I Know That I'm Not Breaking Anything? 24. We Feel Overwhelmed. It Isn't Going To Get Any Better. III. DEPENDENCY BREAKING TECHNIQUES. 25. Dependency Breaking Techniques. Appendix: Refactoring. Glossary.
Synopsis
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., This book provides programmers with the ability to cost-effectively handle common legacy code problems without having to go through the hugely expensive task of rewriting all existing code. It describes a series of practical strategies that developers can employ to bring their existing software applications under control. The author provides useful guidance about how to use these strategies when refactoring or making functional changes to codebases. One of the book's key points is that it teaches developers to write tests that can be used to ensure they are not unintentionally changing the application as they optimize it. Examples are provided in Java, C++, and C#, and the book assumes that the reader has some knowledge of UML notation. Strategies using UML and code in C++ and Java are emphasized, while language-independent advice is delivered in sidebars and appendices for language-specific users., 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. 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 structureThis book also includes a catalog of twenty-four dependency-breaking techniques that help you work with program elements in isolation and make safer changes. (c) Copyright Pearson Education. All rights reserved.
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QA76.76.D47

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