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Natural Course of Refactoring online on InfoQ

I am so delighted that the article about Natural Course of Refactoring is live. It is a very simple, yet powerful idea about refactoring (but not easy after all) and I hope this way it will reach more people than ever before. So please retweet it and share it wherever you can.

JDD, Warsjawa, Agile Prague and Cambridge Agile Conferences

Vacation time is over, and it’s time to get back to hard work :)

Natural Order of Refactoring Explored Part 2: Compose Method

Compose Method

Analyzing methods, such as the one presented in Part 1, often leads us to understand the main points of the algorithm contained in them. This insight paves the way for the next step: try to split a large method into smaller steps by extracting them into separate methods (refactoring using the Extract Method). Thus, the original method will consist of a sequence of calls to these new methods. With the right naming conventions, you can achieve code that reads like a book.

The Natural Order of Refactoring Under the Microscope Part 1

Refactoring is an age-old problem—perhaps not the best word given the relatively short existence of software engineering as a discipline. Everyone knows refactoring should be done, but nobody seems to have the time for it.

Call for Code Samples

I would gladly present the idea of the natural order of refactoring using an example code. Unfortunately, for obvious reasons, I cannot use our clients’ production code, and I do not have the time to prepare an example for this purpose. However, perhaps someone would be willing to allocate their piece of code, a project that doesn’t have too many (or any) restrictions on public publication.

The Natural Order of Refactoring - A Conceptual Sketch

The Natural Order of Refactoring

In software development, refactoring is a disciplined technique for restructuring an existing body of code, altering its internal structure without changing its external behavior. This process, often visualized in a conceptual sketch, can help developers understand the natural flow and order in which refactoring should occur.

Code Cleanup: Not Just About Refactoring Part 3

Introduction

Due to formatting issues on the blogspot, it is advisable to read this article as a PDF file. You can download the PDF version of the article here.