https://archive.jtimothyking.com/tags/michael-feathers/ Michael Feathers - Tag - In a past life… Hugo -- gohugo.ioen-usSat, 01 Jul 2006 19:24:49 +0000 https://archive.jtimothyking.com/2006/07/01/refactoring-the-monster/ Sat, 01 Jul 2006 19:24:49 +0000 J. Timothy King https://archive.jtimothyking.com/2006/07/01/refactoring-the-monster/ 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 could have made the team more efficient, and I didn’t. Both of these are good things.

]]> https://archive.jtimothyking.com/2006/04/10/manual-test-first/ Mon, 10 Apr 2006 13:53:06 +0000 J. Timothy King https://archive.jtimothyking.com/2006/04/10/manual-test-first/ 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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