Working Effectively with Legacy Code, 1st edition

Published by Pearson (September 22, 2004) © 2005

  • Michael Feathers
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CCDA Official Cert Guide, Fifth Edition is a comprehensive self-study tool for preparing for the new DESGN exam. Complete coverage of all exam topics as posted on the exam topic blueprint ensures students will arrive at a thorough understanding of what they need to master to succeed on the exam.
  • 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.

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