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Skill Up: A Software Developer's Guide to Life and Career
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In this chapter, I interview a freelance developer that I have a tremendous amount of respect for, Derek Harrington. In fact, when I decided to launch DevCamp, I had to let go of a number of my freelance clients. And Derek was who I handed the majority of my clients to. Based on my experience with him over the years, I knew he would take great care of the clients and that they would be pleased with his expertise.
In this chapter, I ask Derek a few questions related to freelancing. Specifically, we discuss practical tips for taking over a legacy application.
Derek's tips can of course apply to any developer whether you're a freelancer or not in your current situation – which is why I recommend for any developer to learn from Derek's freelance approach to this common coding situation!
What is the first thing you do when you take over a legacy application?
Write tests...
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