https://www.thetechnoscholar.com/topics/legacy-code/Recent content in Legacy Code on The Techno Scholar ChroniclesHugo -- gohugo.ioenTue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0600https://www.thetechnoscholar.com/book-reviews/2023/legacy-code-programmers-toolbox/Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0600https://www.thetechnoscholar.com/book-reviews/2023/legacy-code-programmers-toolbox/<p>I had this book sitting on my desk for a few years, recommended by a coworker. Life got busy. I decided to pick it back up and finish it! Here’s some of the insight I’ve learned from it.</p> <p>The author begins by defining legacy code as code that is hard to understand, uncomfortable to change, and causes concern. Attitude plays a significant role in how we approach legacy code. There’s the natural mindset, often negative, versus the effective mindset, which is more constructive. We can choose to understand legacy code as a solution to past problems accumulated over time and recognize it as a reason we have jobs.</p>Book Reviews