992: Migrating Legacy Code Just Got Easier
Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats · Wes Bos & Scott Tolinski - Full Stack JavaScript Web Developers
April 1, 202629m 7s
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Show Notes
Wes and Scott talk about migrating large codebases with AI — how to plan framework and language moves, establish patterns, handle templating changes, test thoroughly, safely deploy, and more.
Show Notes
- 00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
- 01:46 Why migrate to a new language or framework?
- 05:09 How to approach a large code migration
- 08:47 Establishing patterns before using AI
- 10:35 Moving from pug to JSX
- 12:06 Building a detailed migration plan
- 15:18 Testing every part of the application
- 15:51 Brought to you by Sentry.io
- 16:58 Deploying and catching issues with Sentry
- 19:12 Converting express requests to web standard requests
- 19:34 Other codebases that could benefit from AI migrations
- 21:36 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs
Sick Picks
- Scott: WisprFlow
- Wes: displayplacer
Shameless Plugs
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