Java Posse #308 - Working with Legacy Codebases

Roundup '10 - Working with Legacy Codebases Fully formatted shownotes can always be found at http://javaposse.comRecorded at the Java Posse Roundup 2010 in Crested Butte, CO. A discussion of the problems and experiences of working with a legacy codebase when maintaining or writing new code.

• Joel on software (on rewriting software)
• http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000069.html
• Incremental refactoring
• http://java.dzone.com/articles/consistency-code-base-and
• Selenium
• http://seleniumhq.org/
• Unit tests
• http://www.junit.org/
• Interaction tests
• http://www.artofunittesting.com/Chapters/Interaction_testing_using_Mock_Objects
• Findbugs
• http://findbugs.sourceforge.net/
• Acyclic dependencies
• http://stan4j.com/advanced/acyclic-dependencies-principle.html
• JDBC
• http://java.sun.com/javase/technologies/database/
• Foxpro
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_FoxPro
• Static analysis
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Static_code_analysis
• Forking a codebase
• http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.programming.extreme-programming/108045
• OSGi / Java modules (Jigsaw)
• http://www.osgi.org/Main/HomePage
• http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jigsaw/
• Integration tests
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integration_testing
• Jackpot?
• http://labs.oracle.com/features/jackpot/
• Dependency injection
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dependency_injection
• Windows 7 vs Vista
• http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/
• http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-vista/default.aspx
• Linux Kernel 2.0
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_kernel
• JVM Hotspot
• http://java.sun.com/javase/technologies/hotspot/
• Spring
• http://www.springsource.org/

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• Theme Music:
• Opening - "Java" the parody song Copyright 1997 Broken Records and Marjorie Music Publ. (BMI),
• written and performed by Loose Bruce Kerr of the Dr. Demento Show and Sun Microsystems attorney.
• Based on the WWI popular song, "Ja-da." Ukelele style on the recording taught to Bruce by his dad.
• Re-produced with kind permission from "Loose" Bruce Kerr - http://loosebrucekerr.libsyn.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAX0gJt-aZg
• Closing - Juan Carlos Jimenez - In the House (Intro No. 1)

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