Title
Finding True Love in Legacy Software
Video
Abstract
Every line of code has a story. Every block of code has a lesson. The Heroku API is the oldest and largest codebase on the platform. This is my story of being introduced to the code and why I've fallen for it.
In this presentation I'll go through code that, at face value, may seem strange or wrong, but offers much more when you place yourself in the shoes of the developer at that time.
Legacy software may come with code you'd rather not see or touch, but it also comes with solutions to problems you don't have to relive and a history of why certain decisions were made.
I'll talk about how and why inheriting legacy code can be a great experience.
Speaker
Dane Harrigan
Affiliation
Bio
Dane Harrigan is an Engineer at Heroku. When he's not coding at work, he's building gems you've never heard of or contributing to projects you have such as Rubinius, Radiant CMS or the Heroku Gem.
GitHub
Language
English