Write Code That's Easy to Maintain

Maintaining a codebase that's easy to read and understand not only contributes to the developer experience, it also has a direct impact on the performance of the team. During this course, we'll cover techniques for designing your code in such a way that will make it easy to extend and maintain in the long run. Regardless of if you start clean, or you inherit a complex codebase, you can own your code and make solid design decisions.

• Introduction
• Optimize for Readability and Easy Navigation
• Decouple Your Code
• Plan for Future Changes
• Invert Dependencies
• Add, Don't Change
• Don't Overdo SOLID
• Consider Scratch Refactoring
• How to Test Untestable Code
• Extending Code That Wasn't Designed for Extensibility
• Leverage Seams to Add New Functionality to Existing Code
• Add Functionality by Applying the Sprout and Wrap Techniques
• Leave the Codebase Cleaner Than You Found It
• Wrap Up