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Refactoring script soup

KBall, Nick, and Chris dig into the various dimensions along which projects vary, dig into testing and best practices, and share a number of lessons learned from legacy projects.

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Notes and Links

Ways projects vary

Testing & best practices

Legacy code & refactoring

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