I recently bought a copy (based on a recommendation) of Michael Feathers’ 2005 book Working Effectively with Legacy Code. This excellent technical book is largely a compendium of refactoring strategies to help software developers insinuate unit tests into existing code. What I found most striking, though, is a position stated right at the start of… Continue reading How Much Legacy Code Have You Written This Week?
Month: September 2012
The Great North Run
Following my first attempt at competitive (well, timed anyway) running, the Marathon of the North in Sunderland in May, last weekend I ran in the Great North Run. This was described in Wikipedia as the world's largest half-marathon until a recent edit demoted it to second behind Göteborg. Still, it's big. I'd heard some of the… Continue reading The Great North Run
The Breakfast Post 