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Setting up the legacy code kata

Setting up the legacy code kata

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Setting up the legacy code kata

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- [Instructor] To practice refactoring to remove technical debt, we'll work with a kata called Gilded Rose, written by Emily Bache. Go to the Gilded Rose GitHub page and either clone the repository or download the zip file. I'll download the zip file. In your file browser, unzip the file and in IntelliJ, create a new project. This will be a Maven project, so on the left hand side, select Maven and click next. The group Id is com.linkedin.kata and the artifact Id is the name of the kata, Gilded Rose. Click next, accept these defaults and click finish. In the bottom right hand corner of the screen, click enable auto import. And in the project browser, open the Gilded Rose project then open the source folder, open main and open test. Navigate back to your file browser and in the Gilded Rose folder, look for the java sub-folder. The java sub-folder, click on the source folder and then on main, and then on java. Drag and drop com to source main java in IntelliJ. Click okay to confirm that…

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