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Published inNov 2023
Reading LevelIntermediate
PublisherPackt
ISBN-139781835089989
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Matt Eland
Matt Eland
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Matt Eland

Matt Eland is a Microsoft MVP in Artificial Intelligence (AI) who has been working with .NET since 2001. Matt has served as a senior engineer, software engineering manager, and .NET programming instructor. He is currently an AI specialist and senior consultant at Leading EDJE near Columbus, Ohio, where he helps companies with their software engineering and data science needs using C# and related technologies. Matt speaks and writes in his community and co-organizes the Central Ohio .NET Developers Group while pursuing a master's degree in data analytics.
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Legacy code is an unavoidable byproduct of the forces of time and constant change that are present in software development projects. This legacy code becomes a breeding ground for technical debt, which threatens our productivity as developers and the quality of our software.

While technical debt can arise due to a number of reasons, refactoring is the cure. Refactoring reworks existing code into a more maintainable and less risky form, reducing our technical debt and helping us control our legacy code.

The more you understand the causes and effects of technical debt in your code, the better you’ll find yourself equipped to explain technical debt to others in your organization, advocate for refactoring, and avoid things that cause your code to decline in effectiveness over time.

In the next chapter, we’ll explore refactoring in more depth by walking through a set of targeted changes to improve a piece of sample code from the Cloudy Skies Airlines codebase...

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Published in: Nov 2023Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781835089989

Author (1)

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Matt Eland

Matt Eland is a Microsoft MVP in Artificial Intelligence (AI) who has been working with .NET since 2001. Matt has served as a senior engineer, software engineering manager, and .NET programming instructor. He is currently an AI specialist and senior consultant at Leading EDJE near Columbus, Ohio, where he helps companies with their software engineering and data science needs using C# and related technologies. Matt speaks and writes in his community and co-organizes the Central Ohio .NET Developers Group while pursuing a master's degree in data analytics.
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