GoGaRuCo 2014 Gilding the Rose: Refactoring Legacy Code

By, Randy Coulman We all run into legacy code. Sometimes, we even write it ourselves. Working with legacy code can be a daunting challenge, but there are ways to tackle it. The Gilded Rose code kata is a coding exercise for practicing refactoring and testing skills in a legacy codebase. In this presentation, I use the Gilded Rose kata to demonstrate techniques for safely working with a legacy codebase and using pure baby-step refactorings to improve the design. Help us caption & translate this video! http://amara.org/v/FV8n/