Dealing with Legacy Code
Jeremy Miller has posted an excellent article with tips about working with Legacy Code. I've had similar experiences with some code that definitely meets the definition Jeremy proposes: "Legacy Code is code you're afraid of". I particularly agree with the tip that improving error handling in legacy code (which is usually a mess, in my experience) is a critical step to prevent the code from making your life miserable.
May 4th, 2006 in
Architecture, Development
