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Originally legacy code meant code 'inherited' from authors or from a previous program/system version. Since Michael Feathers published his "Working Effectively with Legacy Code" book, new definition came to be, where code without tests is legacy code.

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Set Variable as key firebase Firebase Legacy (version 2.4.2)

var num = counter; var foo= {}; foo["id" + num]= 3; ref2.child("id" + num).update({: 3}); This is just a snippet of my code, and i'm using firebase legacy (i know i need to switch, but haven't yet). So I'm…
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What is the best way to modernize or refactor a legacy PHP application

I'm faced with the challenge of refactoring and adding new features to a legacy PHP web "application", it consists of about 788 php scripts, which have no folder structure, they are in the most part scripts which contain JavaScript, PHP, HTML, and…
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Did isset work differently in older versions

I got some legacy code that has this: HtmlCode1 HtmlCode2 I don't know exactly why but this seems to be working. The htmlcode1 is loaded when I have…
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Which Windows Driver Kit is required to use with Visual Studio 2008

I've got some legacy code compiled with vs2008 which also includes driver code so I need to download a Driver Kit to build the driver portions, but I don't know what version of the Driver Kit I should download
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MSVCR80.DLL is missing. What shall I install or what shall I trick in c++ project configuration

I have a legacy msvs2005 c++ project library (dll). I opened project on WindowsXP workstation with msvs2008 installed and code compiled fine. But when I try to use it with executable module i observe "my-library.dll or one of it's dependencies were…
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Classic ASP connecting to localdb for SQL Server

Can anyone explain why this works Conn.Open "Provider=SQLOLEDB;Server=tcp:myazurename.database.windows.net;Database=People;Uid=MyUid;Pwd=MyPwd;Encrypt=yes;" and this doesn't Conn.Open…
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Legacy Javascript System Webpack Migration Solution

My question is How to define webpack entry points for a legacy javascript code base over hundreds of html pages I've come across this system with old school fashion frontend coding style( javascript css html) -- I call it plain jQuery style…
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Should XML file contain nodes, which can be derived?

I am currently working with a large XML file which includes 123 for some elements and does not have them for others. For instance: ... ... …
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Understanding legacy pascal

So I need to understand what this code is doing. I don't know pascal or cryptography, and am struggling to understand what is going on in here. I need to reverse engineer SHA1DigestToHex into scala and am totally lost beyond learning pascal. Can you…
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Symfony2 API with tables without entities

I have legacy code that has DB connected.I'm trying to add new features for this app with Symfony2. I used Theodo Evolution Bundle to access the legacy session. First thing that I want to do now, is to build an API that will use data from existing…
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legacy code in matlab/simulink for keil program

I have wrote a program in Keil for stm32F4 discovery microcontroller and i want to run this C program in Matlab simulink. For this I am trying to use legacy_code function in Matlab. But there are many parameters which I cannot add like…
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class design: add derived class to a legacy inheritance hierarchy

Say I have Class Base { public void foo() //a public interface to user { doA(); doB(); } protected void doA(){...} //common implementation protected void doB(){} //type specific implementation } Class Derived1…
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Can't run Cocoa UnitTests because of Garbage Collector disabling

I'm trying to add some UnitTests to a bunch of Cocoa Legacy code. I created a Unit Test Bundle, and added all source and frameworks needed, but the build fails with this message: 2010-08-26 16:07:18.074 otest-x86_64[64675:903] The test bundle at…
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Unit testing for PHP 5.1 without Phpunit?

I'm dealing with legacy code from php 5.1 and I need to fix or refactor the code. I'm trying to install Phpunit 3.4 and I found this lib but I can't find the dependencies so maybe thats not the best solution... Is there any legacy distro image that…
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Phpunit for legacy PHP 5.1?

I'm doing some refactoring work, and I really need a phpunit library to start some testing (or it will be very annoying and slow process). So i'm trying to find a Phpunit version that runs with Php 5.1. Any help with this or any recommendation for…
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