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10/21/2004: "10-second review: Working Effectively with Legacy Code"
If you need to fix, maintain or extend code without tests, and you're trying to do it without having a copy of this book by your side, you might as well just jab yourself in the stomach with a knife. Michael Feathers does for legacy code what the Gang of Four did for design: establish a vocabulary to make it easier to understand and communicate about how to work with legacy code. A complete review is available at MasterProgrammer.info.
