Confreaks

A wise man once said that pretty much all code older than 4 weeks is legacy code. Although we hate the idea of wise men running around dropping one-liners, there is a lot of truth to the statement.

This talk will focus on solving difficult refactoring problems in a real world code base. You will look at actual code and learn refactoring techniques to solve specific problems.

Alex will join us at SunnyConf and will cover the following:

Educate audience on core principles of refactoring Present conceptual framework for approaching large refactorings Demonstrate common refactoring techniques, such as extract method, deprecate method, and characterization testing Identify common anti-patterns in web applications and specific refactoring strategies Attendees should expect to learn core refactoring strategies and techniques, as well as techniques that can be frequently applied in refactoring web applications.

WARNING: This talk is not a conceptual talk and will look at lots of real code. Real Ruby code.