Working Effectively with Legacy Code • Michael Feathers & Christian Clausen

This interview was recorded for the GOTO Book Club. gotopia.tech/bookclub (http://gotopia.tech/bookclub) Read the full transcription of the interview here (https://gotopia.tech/bookclub/episodes/228/working-effectively-with-legacy-code) Michael Feathers (https://twitter.com/mfeathers) - Author of “Working Effectively with Legacy Code (https://amzn.to/3ZFQoMU) ” &  Chief Architect at Globant Christian Clausen (https://twitter.com/thedrlambda) - Author of "Five Lines of Code (https://amzn.to/3s2zjyg) " & Founder of mist-cloud & Technical Agile Coach RESOURCES github.com/features/copilot (https://github.com/features/copilot) xp123.com/articles/procedural-and-declarative-tests (https://xp123.com/articles/procedural-and-declarative-tests) owasp.org/www-community/Fuzzing (https://owasp.org/www-community/Fuzzing) youtu.be/4cVZvoFGJTU (https://youtu.be/4cVZvoFGJTU) investopedia.com/terms/p/paretoprinciple.asp (https://www.investopedia.com/terms/p/paretoprinciple.asp) codescene.com (https://codescene.com) sonarsource.com/products/sonarqube (https://www.sonarsource.com/products/sonarqube) DESCRIPTION Legacy code has been one of the problems that developers worldwide have been trying to tackle for a long time. But what is legacy code and how can you learn from writing tests that give you more insights into the system and the code? Christian Clausen (https://twitter.com/thedrlambda) , author of “Five Lines of Code (https://amzn.to/3s2zjyg) ”, talks to Michael Feathers (https://twitter.com/mfeathers) , author of “Working Effectively With Legacy Code (https://amzn.to/3ZFQoMU) ”, about their shared passion for testing, refactoring, and solving real-life problems with the help of clean code. RECOMMENDED BOOKS Michael Feathers • Working Effectively with Legacy Code (https://amzn.to/3ZFQoMU) Christian Clausen • Five Lines of Code (https://amzn.to/3s2zjyg) Kent Beck • Test Driven Development (https://amzn.to/36kchvd) Martin Fowler • Refactoring (https://amzn.to/3EVcHXQ) Adam Tornhill • Your Code as a Crime Scene (https://amzn.to/3FI5E2V) Matthew Skelton & Manuel Pais • Team Topologies (http://amzn.to/3sVLyLQ) Eric Evans • Domain-Driven Design (https://amzn.to/3tnGhwm) Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/gotocon.com) Twitter (https://twitter.com/GOTOcon) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/goto_con) LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/goto-) Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/GOTOConferences) CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP BONUS Join this channel to get early access to videos & other perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs_tLP3AiwYKwdUHpltJPuA/join Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket: gotopia.tech (https://gotopia.tech) SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL (https://www.youtube.com/user/GotoConferences/?sub_confirmation=1) - new videos posted daily!