Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code. Don Roberts, John Brant, Kent Beck, Martin Fowler, William Opdyke

Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code


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Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code Don Roberts, John Brant, Kent Beck, Martin Fowler, William Opdyke
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional




Refactoring is about improving the design of existing code. It is the process of changing a software system in such a way that it does not alter the external behavior of the code, yet improves its internal structure. Usage of the term increased after it was featured in Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code.[1] Code smell is also a term used by agile programmers.[2]. Usage of the term increased after it was featured in Refactoring. This book is all about refactoring. Http://www.storytellersoftware.com Mark Mahoney. Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code By Martin Fowler is another timeless classic suggested by @Pratap, This book is also in my wish list and next in my reading queue. (Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code, Fowler et al, 1999). However, in this new paradigm it isn't that design is ignored, but rather, the design This includes major refactoring tasks [11, 10], and helps to support continually improving the design. Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code. In my short career I have seen entire systems who should have had a major refactoring. Here are a few I like: 1) Code Complete 2nd edition by Steve McConnell. Improving the Design of Existing Code. But good design is critical to the long-term maintainability of code, and generally speaking, developers are taught to deliver large, up-front designs that consider the 'big picture', not just the features being added. When I first read Refactoring, I believed that tests were a necessary prerequisite before making structural changes to the code.