August 2003
Intermediate to advanced
624 pages
15h 3m
English
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Chapter 1. Introduction
You know what a “legacy application” is? It's one that works.
—Bill Cafiero
This chapter introduces the approach presented in the book and discusses the business and technical rationales for it. Based on these, the overall features of the approach and the major design decisions are reviewed. The chapter concludes with a description of the primary audiences and suggestions for how to use the book.