Working with Legacy Code

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intermediate C# • Visual Studio • ASP.NET web development • .NET development
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refactoring with Visual Studio • making improvements without changing code • intent replacing problematic dependencies with fake objects
Dror Helper
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In this liveProject, you’ll refactor poorly written legacy code in a way that lets you make changes without fear of bugs. You’ll fix the internal structure of your code, make sure code functions according to your needs with integration tests, and make in-depth changes supported by your testing suite. Finally, you’ll develop new features inside code without major changes, and replace dependencies with mock objects to help test previously unmaintainable code.
This project is designed for learning purposes and is not a complete, production-ready application or solution.

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Dror Helper
Dror Helper is a freelance software developer and architect with twenty years of experience. He has worked for large enterprise companies including Intel and SAP, as well as startups. He has appeared in conferences worldwide since 2012 speaking about unit testing, TDD, and the AWS cloud.

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This liveProject is for intermediate C# developers who want to improve their understanding of modern testing practices. No previous testing experience is required. To begin this liveProject, you will need to be familiar with:

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  • Visual Studio: able to create new projects and install plug-ins, min. version 2019
  • ASP.NET and web development, min. version .NET 5
  • .NET desktop development
  • .NET Core cross-platform development
  • Basics of MongoDB
  • Basics of Docker: able to run Docker and Docker Compose files from Visual Studio
  • Basic YAML: able to read simple YAML files
  • Basic REST and HTTP for creating web services

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