"The two most important tools an architect has are the eraser in the drawing room and the sledge hammer on the construction site." - FrankLloydWright
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Definition:
Catalogs:
Refactoring Patterns:
Costs and benefits:
Counterbalances less design up front:
Small is good:
Continuous is good:
Although sometimes done in larger chunks:
Refactoring and understandability:
One thing at a time is good:
Continuous testing is good:
Refactoring Rules:
Goals:
- Refactoring to be ready for unanticipated change
- Refactoring to reduce code smells
- Refactoring to reduce redundancy
- Refactoring for clarity
- Refactoring to learn or teach
- Refactoring for other reasons
- Conflicting goals
Tools:
Books:
Language Specific:
Related pages about comments and code clarity:
Related pages about variables and code clarity:
Meta Refactoring
Refactoring Noses - Pushing the limits of refactoring discovery
Other
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Wiki Pages About Refactoring