Refactoring Code (Christmas Special) - Joseph & Jesse
Smash the Bug: Episode 40
Your Hosts:
Joseph Maxwell, Founder and CEO of SwiftOtter
Jesse Maxwell, Tech Lead and Associate Trainer at SwiftOtter
Show Notes
It’s Christmas week in America and Joseph’s got his Santa hat on! Grab a seat and let’s talk about what’s in the near future for us developers, going into 2022, and the “how”, “why” and “when” behind code refactoring.
1:17
End of life for PHP 7.3, PHP 8 and the next version of Magent.
3:52
The new “Breeze” theme, which is supposed to be a high-performing Luma theme and compete against the new Hyvä themes.
5:32
Certification news: Adobe’s certification “refresh cycle”, all of the updates coming our way very soon, when SwiftOtter will have new materials ready, and if the new tests are looking easier or harder.
8:26
The new MacBook Pro - is it worth it? How fast is it and how does it change Magento development? Why is speed so important when you’re debugging, aside from the time aspect?
13:20
What really is “refactoring code”, why might you do it, and what should you be thinking about when you do it?
25:55
What happens when you get into a massive class, say it’s 500 lines of code, and you just can’t even figure out where to start?
28:15
Jesse shares the key aspects that he would be looking for, in respect to refactoring code. “Can I put this code in a single box that does one thing?” - Jesse
29:41
SwiftOtter’s increasing emphasis on understanding architecture and what actually goes into building things the right way.
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