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Refactoring Legacy Applications

Aaron Holbrook
June 10, 2017
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Refactoring Legacy Applications

Aaron Holbrook

June 10, 2017
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  1. Refactoring Legacy Applications aaronjholbrook aaronjholbrook.com no stock photography was harmed

    in the making of this deck
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  9. Why Refactor?

  10. Things to be careful of Refactoring just to refactor (superficial

    or unnecessary) Taking on too much at once (spinning plates) Staleness (not shipping) Partial or incomplete refactor Not testing
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  12. Why are YOU refactoring?

  13. Why I refactor

  14. Comprehension

  15. Maintainability

  16. Simplification

  17. Co n s i s t e n c y

  18. Test Debug Take it slow Simplify Strategies & Techniques

  19. File length File naming File and directory organization Namespace Strategies

    & Techniques

  20. Decouple Single Responsibility Exit Early / Exit Often Abstract complexity

    Strategies & Techniques
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  23. aaronjholbrook aaronjholbrook.com Aaron Holbrook Director of Web Engineering Zeek Interactive