Katrina Owen, TweetDeveloper/Instructor

Biography: Katrina Owen

Katrina accidentally became a developer while pursuing a degree in molecular biology. When programming, her focus is on automation, workflow optimization, and refactoring. She contributes to several open source projects, and is a full-time panelist on the RubyRogues podcast. She also teaches classes with Jumpstart Lab.

Twitter: @kytrinyx

Presentation: TweetTherapeutic Refactoring

Time: Friday 12:00 - 12:30 / Location: Robertson 2 & 3

This talk begins with a patch of inpenetrable, undocumented, and untested code, and explores in detail the process of locking down behavior using characterization tests. A dramatic transformation of the code is achieved through the sequential application of numerous tiny refactorings. No stress. No hacking. No rewrite necessary.