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The Art of Deleting Code

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Overview

Explore techniques for identifying and safely removing irrelevant code in growing Ruby projects through this 27-minute conference talk from RubyConf 2021. Learn how to leverage git commands like blame, log --follow, and bisect, as well as static analysis and code coverage in development. Discover the challenges posed by Ruby meta-programming when searching for dead code, and gain insights on submitting reviewer-friendly pull requests for code deletion. Benefit from the speaker's experience in removing 50,000 lines of Ruby code in a professional setting.

Syllabus

RubyConf 2021 - The art of deleting code by Claudio Baccigalupo

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Ruby Central

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