DESCRIPTION
Most developers inherit projects built on an existing codebase that reflect design patterns, usage assumptions, infrastructure, and tooling from another time and another team. (And the docs are complete rubbish.) Fortunately, there are techniques that can breathe new life into legacy projects, allowing them to be maintained, improved, and scaled without having to constantly fight their current limitations. Stronger applications can be developed by injecting new architectural patterns, modern techniques for performance analysis, updated tests and build tools, and a healthy dose of cultural wisdom—creating a better work experience for all involved.
Re-Engineering Legacy Software is an experience-driven guide to revitalizing inherited projects. It covers refactoring, quality metrics, toolchain and workflow, continuous integration, infrastructure automation, and organizational culture. On the technical side, readers will learn techniques for introducing dependency injection for code modularity, quantitatively measuring quality, and automating infrastructure. On the strategic side, they’ll develop practical processes for solid decision making. Core topics include deciphering and modularizing awkward code structures, effectively integrating and automating tests, replacing an outdated build system, and infrastructure automation using tools like Vagrant and Ansible.
KEY SELLING POINTS
Practical step-by-step guide
Concrete examples
Provides techniques needed to tackle legacy projects
Leads to more productive development and reduces bugs
AUDIENCE
This book is written for developers and team leads comfortable with an OO language like Java or C#.
ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY
Ansible is an open-source software platform for configuring and managing computers that has recently been gaining a lot of traction. Vagrant is computer software for building complete development environments.
- ISBN10 1617292508
- ISBN13 9781617292507
- Publish Date 5 May 2016 (first published 15 April 2016)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Manning Publications
- Format Paperback
- Pages 232
- Language English