{"id":966,"date":"2014-05-21T11:22:29","date_gmt":"2014-05-21T08:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.adrianbolboaca.ro\/?p=966"},"modified":"2020-01-15T22:01:55","modified_gmt":"2020-01-15T20:01:55","slug":"fix-bugs-on-legacy-code-code-cast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.adrianbolboaca.ro\/2014\/05\/fix-bugs-on-legacy-code-code-cast\/","title":{"rendered":"Legacy Coderetreat: Episode 3 &#8211; Fix bugs on Legacy Code &#8211; Code Cast"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Fix bugs on legacy code &#8211; code cast<\/h2>\n<h3>Blog post series<\/h3>\n<p>This blog post is part of a series about <a href=\"http:\/\/legacycoderetreat.typepad.com\/\">legacy coderetreat<\/a> and legacy code techniques you can apply during your work. Please click to see <a href=\"\/2014\/04\/legacy-coderetrea\/#sessions\">more sessions<\/a> about legacy code.<\/p>\n<h3>Code Cast<\/h3>\n<p>This is a code cast in Java. I have a bug report and I need to fix bugs on legacy code. 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