Rewrite or repair?

Question

I\'m sure you have all been there, you take on a project where there is a creaky old code base which is barely fit for purpose and you have to make the decision to either re

Answer 1

It is rare for a re-write of anything complex to succeed. It's tempting, but a low percentage strategy.

Get legacy code under unit tests and refactor it, and/or completely replace small portions of it incrementally when opportune.