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How to document legacy code (shell scripts)? [duplicate]
I got involved into a project where we are taking over a bunch of legacy code. Code is basically shell scripts and PL/SQL packages/procedures/functions. There is no documentation how the code works ...
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How Much Of A (Broken) Legacy Framework To Keep [duplicate]
I've inherited a hosted system (system "A") which can be used to manage products, inventory, and orders, and can send those products to various third-parties.
Quite simply, system "A" doesn't work. ...
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Application of Design Patterns for Legacy Code [closed]
I have been asked to put together a list of use cases where design patterns were applied to solve a particular requirement/feature in a legacy codebase. It has to be based on actual experiences that ...
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What to do as a Dev when for years their team has lacked product innovation, not used project mgmt methodologies, and kept bad Software Dev practices? [duplicate]
Note: To those who have marked this question as duplicate: The answers on that post do not address my question, unlike the ones on this post that do address my question directly. Also, that question ...
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How much poor quality code should a junior put up with? [duplicate]
I am a junior developer who has been working at a new job for a few weeks. I am working with a large framework for scientific desktop software, adding pieces of functionality. While there are general ...
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How should I behave as a developer in a project that's headed for failure?
I am a developer in a 5-member team and I believe our project is headed for disaster. I'll describe why in the bottom, but my question is how should I behave? The deadline is in 1.5 months and I feel ...
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What can I do to maintain respect for a poorly written codebase? [duplicate]
In my job I have to maintain a poorly written codebase which is both hard to understand, has tons of comments that are just plain wrong, has a bunch of weird decisionmaking going on in it and a whole ...
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Keep coding the wrong way to remain consistent? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Code maintenance: keeping a bad pattern when extending new code for being consistent, or not?
To keep things simple let's say I am responsible for maintaining two ...
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Version control implementation advice on legacy websites?
Assuming no experience with version control systems, just local to live web development. I've been dropped in on a few legacy website projects, and want an easier and more robust way to be able to ...
