We all run into legacy code. Sometimes, we even write it ourselves. Working with legacy code can be a daunting challenge, but there are ways to tackle it without taking on the risk of a full rewrite.

This post is part of an ongoing series about Unit Testing.

This post is part of an ongoing series about Unit Testing.

This post is part of an ongoing series about Unit Testing.

This post is part of an ongoing series about Unit Testing.

This post is part of an ongoing series about Unit Testing.

I was first introduced to the idea of unit testing when I read an article by Kent Beck and Erich Gamma called Test-Infected: Programmers Love Writing Tests in the late 1990s. I didn’t start practicing it immediately, but as I learned about Extreme Progamming (XP), I started doing test-driven development (TDD) and have been ever since.

As I previously announced, I’ll be leading a workshop at RailsConf 2015 called Getting a Handle on Legacy Code.

Ricochet Robots is a puzzle board game for any number of players. While being a very fun game to play with some fascinating properties, it is also interesting to think about writing a program to play the game.

I’m happy to announce that I’ve made e-mail subscriptions available for this blog!