Legacy Code: Defuse the Time Bomb
Legacy code that doesn’t measure up to your linting or formatting standards can lie dormant for months and then explode into a crisis. Tackling these hidden hazards isn’t just a nice-to-have, it’s essential for keeping your software delivery engine humming. In this post we’ll walk through the ways that outdated legacy code can bring your team to a halt, and show you how Zumbro, our GitHub App, offers a fast and straightforward way to get control of your legacy mess.
How Zumbro Helps Your Software Team
The Zumbro App for GitHub helps you define, apply, and enforce engineering standards right in your workflow, without adding overhead. Below are three situations where teams hit the same roadblocks, and how Zumbro can help you ship better code faster.
Introducing Zumbro: Slash Tech Debt with Automated Code Fixes
Say Hello to Zumbro, our GitHub app. Zumbro is the DevOps automation tool that helps your team define, apply, and enforce engineering standards, without adding overhead. If you’re looking to improve teamwork, reduce technical debt, and accelerate shipping velocity, Zumbro gives you the foundation to do it, right inside your GitHub workflow.
The Elephant in the Room: Dealing with Legacy Code
It’s easy to think of legacy code as something ancient and untouchable, written by long-gone developers in a forgotten dialect of JavaScript. But the truth is more complicated. Legacy code is just code that’s still running your systems, even though it no longer meets your team's standards. So what do you do with it?