Code Cleanup: Using Agile Techniques to Pay Back Technical Debt

Posted: Dec/14/2009 By: pankaj Points:15 Category: .NET - .NET Framework Views:125 Vote Up (0) Vote Down (0)

Every codebase contains some measure of technical debt - code that is maddeningly hard to test and maintain. We outline some ideas for identifying and dealing with the high-interest debt in your code.David LaribeeMSDN Magazine December 2009

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