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Using automated tools to discover technical debt

Using automated tools to discover technical debt

From the course: Technical Debt and Legacy Code for Managers

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Using automated tools to discover technical debt

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- [Instructor] Discussions about technical debt can be emotional and time consuming. This is where automation can help. While it's important to talk with teams about technical debt, these talks and discussions demand time and energy. Developers might not agree on what technical debt is or which pieces of code qualify. Getting to a shared understanding often requires lengthy discussions, wasting valuable time. These discussions may also hurt people's personal feelings, lowering morale that may already be low due to the amount of technical debt. When there is a positive outcome of the discussion, it may also be difficult to estimate how much effort it takes to fix the situation. All this drains time, energy, and budget away from opportunities to deliver business value. An important mantra of the DevOps movement is automation. Luckily, there are tools that automate the identification and sometimes also the resolution of technical debt. The advantages of automation are that it can…

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