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Refactoring Legacy Code

Refactoring Legacy Code. Andreas Enbohm @ enbohm 2013-09-11. About Me. What is Legacy Code ?. Legacy Code. Legacy Code is Simply Code Without Tests! (do you write legacy code ?). Refactoring. Sandro Mancuso http://craftedsw.blogspot.com. Refactoring Legacy Code.

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Refactoring Legacy Code

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  1. Refactoring Legacy Code Andreas Enbohm @enbohm 2013-09-11

  2. About Me

  3. What is LegacyCode?

  4. LegacyCode LegacyCode is SimplyCodeWithout Tests! (do youwritelegacycode?)

  5. Refactoring Sandro Mancuso http://craftedsw.blogspot.com

  6. RefactoringLegacyCode • Have a cleargoal- otherwise you couldend up just movingaroundcode and not makingthingsanybetter • Specify, don’tverify- aim is not to test code, but to produceartifacts that describesitsbehaviour (characterization tests)

  7. Business ComponentWeWant to Change TweetService.java– a service responsible for finding tweets by a specificuser • Need to be logged in to seetweets by a particularuser • Need to be friends to seesomeoneelse’stweets

  8. Tips • Use a codecoveragetool • Commitoften- enables you to commitimprovementsquickly- allows you to rollback if you make a mistake- remember, refactoringshould be done in small steps! • IdentifySeams- parts whereyoucanmodifybehaviourwithoutediting that place- useknowndependencybreakingtechniques to createseams • Stay in the ’green-zone’ as long as possible

  9. Tips (cont) Start refactoring from deepest to shortestbranch if (…) { booleanparam… if (param) { if (getStuff()) { … } } } else { … } Start testing from shortest to deepestbranch

  10. Q & A http://www.slideshare.net/enbohm @enbohm https://github.com/enbohm

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