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Service Objects for Legacy Projects with Petr Hlavicka - RUBY 539
About this episode
Before you jump into legacy codebases and controllers, you need some info. In this episode, John sits down with Petr Hlavicka, a Rails developer who’s passionate about simplifying this section of Rails and helping people along the way. “I want to make everything easier for me and my colleagues. I want it to be easily understandable even for juniors. And just because you do things differently doesn’t mean it’s wrong.”
- Petr Hlavicka In This Episode1) What you NEED to know about legacy codebase projects before you jump in
2) Petr’s go-to tactics for separating business logic from controllers (without going insane)
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- Petr Hlavicka In This Episode1) What you NEED to know about legacy codebase projects before you jump in
2) Petr’s go-to tactics for separating business logic from controllers (without going insane)
3) How you can leverage articles and feedback to simplify complex issues and make your life easierSponsorsLinksPicks
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