Alchemical Code Rejuvenation

Explore innovative techniques for improving legacy code in this hands-on workshop from ACCU 2018. Learn how to break the deadlock between refactoring and testing, focusing on efficient methods to work with large codebases in investment banking environments. Discover meta-refactoring techniques to clean up code without risky rewrites, simulate hard-to-test legacy systems, and apply Test-Driven Development (TDD) for sustainable design. Gain insights on using tests to better understand code structure and gradually disentangle complex applications, enabling a smooth transition to a TDD approach in legacy projects.