Let's get you geared up to tackle legacy code Test or else... Legacy - Jan 2019

The first step of working with legacy code is realizing the incredible amount of value that has dropped in your lap. In this talk, we are going to pinpoint that value. And move that value in a better to maintain and understand codebase. First, we will cover the general mentality that will make it easier to prepare a plan of attack. Next up are more technical tips that will make it easier to talk about the code. We will end off the session by actually porting a small piece of code.

Speakers

  • Frederick Vanbrabant
    Frederick Vanbrabant

    Keyboard for hire. Founder of Brody & Hooper. Software engineer, pretends to be a boxer and certified tea sommelier.

Interested in speaking?

We’re always looking for speakers, so do drop us a line, regardless of your experience, we’re all about first time speakers.

If you’re looking for ideas, a few of the topics we’re keen to hear about are:

  • Debugging & profiling
  • Frameworks
  • Lightning talks
  • PHP7, PHPNG
  • Support tools (e.g. phplint, boris, phpsh)