How to respect the code and be proud of your legacy?

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1. How to respect the code and be proud of your legacy?
2. Hello, I’m Bruno Correia! an Android developer and a Peanut Butter addict. Also co-founder of Pink Room. @bffcorreia
3. Let me start with a story...
4. I started working at Nourish Care in 2014
5. The Plan • Build an Android app ◦ Few screens ◦ Good specification ◦ Low complexity
6. Define the process and the tools
7. Start the implementation
8. An App was born and things were going smooth
9. But...
10. Product evolves • More features • Small changes • New design • Big changes • More complexity • ...
11. And we do our best!
12. But then...
13. Technology evolves • New frameworks • New libraries • New architectures • New ways of thinking and doing things • ...
15. You also evolve
16. Maybe someone will join your team
17. 3+ years passed...
18. Tips and lessons learned!
19. Things change! You change... 1
20. Every now and then you will want to change your entire codebase!
22. Learn how to live with legacy code
23. Change is unavoidable
24. Be consistent across all your codebase
25. Define processes and tools 2
26. No processes, no party!
27. Define the right tools for the job.
28. Choose the right tools for your team, not for you!
29. Yes. You will need a CI/CD pipeline.
30. Have fun! 3
31. Have fun while doing your job.
32. Be part of the community!
33. Contribute with open source projects.
34. Do a step back 4
35. Remember, change is unavoidable!
36. Plan well, then change.
37. Your code doesn’t need to be always perfect! 5
38. Your code quality depends heavily on context!
39. But you should never do this...
40. Good practices 6
41. Naming
42. Naming
43. Aim for readability, not performance!
44. Isolate complexity
45. Test your code!
46. Delegate!
47. Pick an architecture and be consistent.
48. Test your code!
49. Avoid premature abstractions.
50. Seriously, test your code!
51. Respect the code! 7
52. Thank you!