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How to find classes that use certain DB tables
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I'm asked to prepare a document where all our DB tables are listed and I'm supposed to list all Controllers that uses these DB tables for read and another list for Controllers that do write ...
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Does dealing with legacy code help one evolve as a programmer?
I'm a Java developer with a bit more than a year of experience which places me somewhere above a junior, but not among mid-level developers yet. Recently I was offered a long-term project which is ...
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I have 200k lines of poorly designed code, will units tests or integration tests be more valuable? [duplicate]
I've inherited a lot of poorly designed code; the code has no tests. I am putting tests in place before I attempt a major refactor, but I have run into a problem with my unit tests.
The problem is, I ...
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Painfully Stupid Method Names in Legacy Code: Fix or Leave as Warning? [duplicate]
For this case let's assume something like... "removedNonPriceChangingConfermations" that is in no way relating to things that happened in the past tense, nor does it return a list of removed items ...
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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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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 a moment, but my question is: how should I behave?
The deadline is in 1.5 months, and I ...
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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 ...
