Michael Lynch

Interested in modernizing your code but don't know where to begin? Techniques like automated testing and static analysis bring tremendous value to a software project, but it can be difficult to get started, especially with an existing codebase. I'll show you the exact steps I took to bring modern software engineering techniques to a legacy open source library. The project had been abandoned and lacked documentation, tests, or even build instructions. Through a series of simple steps, I added automation and checks that allow any new developer to build and extend the codebase. If you attend this talk, you'll learn to: * Build a container for your code so that it runs on any platform * Add automated testing to your code to prevent regressions in functionality * Examine code coverage to measure the effectiveness of your tests * Use tools to enforce consistent style conventions in your code * Apply static analysis to catch careless errors automatically