Engineering Practices
Legacy Code: Extract-FirstUT-Cover-Refactor-TDD
Recently, I had the opportunity to work on legacy code with several teams from various organizations. I would like to share my experience.
We usually start by choosing a piece of code that is “painful”: changing frequently and “scary” to touch because of its complexity. We explain that our purpose is to make the code simpler, readable, and easy to change. Establishing the motivation for what we do is important!
