Refactoring for Big Money: First Steps
summary
The talk explains what refactoring is, how to plan and approach large refactorings, and practical tactics to convince business stakeholders to fund them. It covers strategies for proposing and organising refactor work, plus fallback options and techniques for rescuing code when funding isn’t available.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction
- 3:16What is refactoring
- 8:59Daily refactoring safety
- 11:07Refactoring vs system death
- 15:23Sporting gradual code upgrades
- 20:19Microservices in legacy systems
- 23:55Business collaboration metrics
- 29:14Team organization training
- 33:11Self-education workshops
- 36:01Summary Q&A
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