In which a coworker advocates for "one big refactoring" rather than smaller tests. I suppose it depends on the system and how critical it is. I work for a company that does avionics software and one ...

Adam Stone writes on technology trends from Annapolis, Md., with a focus on government IT, military and first-responder technologies. As state and local governments work to modernize their IT systems, ...

According to Gartner, a legacy application is “an information system that may be based on outdated technologies, but is critical to day-to-day operations.” “Critical” is the keyword here. Frequently, ...

Sapan Parikh is a seasoned tech enthusiast, cofounder of Incubyte and a strong advocate of building high-quality software products. The term "modernization" holds diverse meanings for different ...

This fictional example is a legacy application. There are various definitions for legacy code. For example, J. B. Rainsberger emphasizes generally: “By ‘legacy code,’ I mean profitable code that we ...

In the rush to embrace coding assistants like Amazon CodeWhisperer to generate new code for developers, we haven’t spent much time asking if that code is any good. By some measures, the answer is ...

The latest trends in software development from the Computer Weekly Application Developer Network. This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Timothy Gilboy in his ...

What if you could decode complex code, refactor with pinpoint accuracy, and generate documentation—all without breaking your flow? For developers, the dream of a truly seamless workflow often feels ...