My project is the poster child of legacy code. I'll have to pick up that book, thanks!
/!\ For everyone considering throwing out the current code and starting greenfield fresh... both Joel Spolsky "Things You Should Never Do" and Robert Martin "The Grand Redesign in the Sky" (Clean Code, Chapter 1, Section 4) strongly caution against.
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I watched a talk where a gray-beard programmer said he sells his shares in a public company whenever he hears that they are undertaking a major IT project. (I wish I could remember where I saw that so I could give him credit.)
But, yeah, if your project gets to the point where you are contemplating a total rewrite, you're probably in a pretty bad situation.
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My project is the poster child of legacy code. I'll have to pick up that book, thanks!
/!\ For everyone considering throwing out the current code and starting greenfield fresh... both Joel Spolsky "Things You Should Never Do" and Robert Martin "The Grand Redesign in the Sky" (Clean Code, Chapter 1, Section 4) strongly caution against.
I watched a talk where a gray-beard programmer said he sells his shares in a public company whenever he hears that they are undertaking a major IT project. (I wish I could remember where I saw that so I could give him credit.)
But, yeah, if your project gets to the point where you are contemplating a total rewrite, you're probably in a pretty bad situation.