Tag Archives: Michael Feathers

Refactoring the Monster

Posted on July 1, 2006 by Tim King

This is a story about my first software management success. It’s also a story about my first software management failure. It was a success, because the work got completed, and without any nasty surprises. It was a failure, because I … Continue reading →

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Manual Test-First

Posted on April 10, 2006 by Tim King

Working on a team that’s not yet onto the value of unit testing, I frequently encounter what Michael Feathers calls “legacy code.” It is not unit-tested and can’t be. That doesn’t mean I need to forget test-first.

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