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Refactoring script soup (JS Party #70)

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KBall, Nick, and Chris dig into the various dimensions along which projects vary, dig into testing and best practices, and share a number of lessons learned from legacy projects.

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    Show Notes:

    Ways projects vary
    • Mocha
    • 12 Signs You’re Working in a Feature Factory
    • Node Release Schedule
    • Reddit discussion on developing mission critical software
    • Survivorship Bias
      • Testing & best practices
      • Inner Source
      • Unit Testing versus Functional Tests
        • Legacy code & refactoring
        • Gulp
        • Grunt
        • Legacy Code
        • Do You Write Legacy Code?
        • Webpack Aliases
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