Questions about legacy languages, code, or applications.
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How to deal with warnings in a legacy project
I work on a C++ project that generates bajillions of warnings. Most of the warnings appeared after the code was written:
Initially the project used Visual C++ 8, soon switching to 9, but there is ...
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2answers
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Mapping a legacy database to ORM using wrapper classes
I want to use an ORM with a legacy database, but I don't want to expose some of the underlying data types. For example, some of the columns are nullable doubles or floats and I want my domain model to ...
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1answer
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Functional document from code
I am a Sr java Developer and have recently joined a new team. Here I have been asked to create a functional document looking at the code of a legacy application. This application was written about ...
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1answer
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Partial GPL 2 legacy code into a GPL 3 project
I plan to import works from a Java GPL2 project into a GPL3 one.
How must I "head" all my project derivating sources files : must I put the GPL2 license of the original project (saying that "This ...
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4answers
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Classic ASP to ASP.net or ASP.net MVC
We have a web application which is developed in classic ASP and it evolved over 5 years to its current form which has 100's of pages, huge database and more than 10000 active users going through at ...
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3answers
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System evolution approach: gradual or cataclysmic?
When working on established systems, I've often found ways to improve a user interface to maximize user efficiency (example: legacy app maintenance screen doesn't allow multi-line operations where ...
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3answers
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How should I go about “overhauling” a large legacy application? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
I’ve inherited 200K lines of spaghetti code — what now?
For my next project, I've been tasked with "overhauling" a large legacy web application with many parts. It is a ...
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4answers
628 views
How can I update a large legacy codebase to meet specific quality standards?
There is a lot of information about tools and techniques for improving legacy codebases, but I haven't come across any successful real world case studies. Most advice is on the micro level, and while ...
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2answers
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What is an Anti-Corruption layer, and how is it used?
I'm trying to figure out what the Anti-Corruption layer really means. I know that it's a way to transition/work around legacy code or bad APIs. What I don't understand is how it works and what makes ...
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3answers
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Migrating legacy procedural code to MVC without rewriting [closed]
I recently started working on a PHP application that was built many years ago before the advent of objects and namespaces in PHP. The code is procedural, does not separate presentation logic from ...
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3answers
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Functional testing before code checkin
I am working on a project with legacy code where it does not have much code coverage. One of the idea to improve that is to enforce a rule that each code check-in must have test, not only test but ...
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5answers
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How to understand and debug legacy software? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
I’ve inherited 200K lines of spaghetti code — what now?
Not long ago my company placed me in a team that deals with some of the most complex bugs that are in production. ...
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1answer
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How to keep background requests in sequence
I'm faced with implementing interfaces for some rather archaic systems, for handling online deposits to stored value accounts (think campus card accounts for students).
Here's my dilemma: stage 1 of ...
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10answers
563 views
What to do when a project is too difficult to continue developing?
As a developer, can you tell your project manager that an application is unworkable? Or, if you're a project manager, how would you need this presented to you in order to be compelled? This isn't ...
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14answers
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Forbidding or controlling “Hidden IT…” Who should write and maintain ad-hoc software applications?
Bigger companies usually have the problem, that it is not possible to write all programs employees want (to save time and to optimize processes) due to a lack of staff and money.
Then hidden programs ...
