• habit of refactoring continuously, you'll find that it is easier to extend and maintain code. — Joshua Kerievsky, Refactoring to Patterns Refactoring is usually...
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  • further code smells that in turn indicate the need for more refactoring. From the point of view of a programmer charged with performing refactoring, code smells...
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    support for debugging, syntax highlighting, intelligent code completion, snippets, code refactoring, and embedded version control with Git. Users can change...
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    including extreme programming. His 1999 book Refactoring popularised the practice of code refactoring. In 2004 he introduced a new architectural pattern...
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  • only in parsing, not for semantics. For example, consider the case of code refactoring. To represent the implementation of a function that takes an input...
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  • Database refactoring does not change the way data is interpreted or used and does not fix bugs or add new functionality. Every refactoring to a database...
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  • strikes and you refactor") is a code refactoring rule of thumb to decide when similar pieces of code should be refactored to avoid duplication. It states...
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  • Steve (2006). "Extracting refactoring trends from open-source software and a possible solution to the 'related refactoring' conundrum". Proceedings of...
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  • writing code that involves writing an automated unit-level test case that fails, then writing just enough code to make the test pass, then refactoring both...
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  • in, including a source-code editor that can alert the programmer to common errors. Modification often includes code refactoring (improving the structure...
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  • of code simultaneously, which is particularly useful for refactoring and implementing bulk changes efficiently. The editor predicts subsequent code edits...
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  • change down to lower levels of the system. Modification often includes code refactoring (improving the structure without changing functionality) and restructuring...
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    Java IDEs with advanced code navigation and code refactoring capabilities integrated. In 2009, JetBrains released the source code for IntelliJ IDEA under...
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    mentioned above, such as simpler and more confident code development and refactoring, simplified code integration, accurate documentation, and more modular...
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    (RAD) Read–Eval–Print Loop (REPL) Notebook interface Code analysis tools Source code refactoring tools Software building tools (the compiler, linker,...
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  • Programming Style Markus, Pizka (2004). "Straightening spaghetti-code with refactoring?" (PDF). Software Engineering Research and Practice: 846–852. Archived...
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    the code is the more likely it is to be buggy, the more difficult the bugs are to find and the more likely there are to be hidden bugs. Refactoring refers...
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  • but simply to buy it "off the shelf" when possible. Anti-pattern Code refactoring Conway's law Hofstadter's law Linus's law, the assertion that "given...
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    native code and managed code. Visual Studio includes a code editor supporting IntelliSense (the code completion component) as well as code refactoring. The...
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  • language-specific features like code completion, syntax highlighting and marking of warnings and errors, as well as refactoring routines. The goal of the protocol...
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    Environment (IDE) used for programming in Python supporting code refactoring, graphical debugging, code analysis among other features. PyDev was originally created...
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  • Prefactoring (category Code refactoring)
    software systems. Its relationship to its namesake refactoring is that lessons learned from refactoring are part of that experience. Experience is captured...
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  • approaches to code structure and display. Integrated development environments (IDEs) aim to integrate all such help. Techniques like Code refactoring can enhance...
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  • refactoring like code refactoring is the disciplined technique used for modifying or improving an existing model. The following refactoring functions are...
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  • and enable convenient features like autocompletion and automatic code refactoring. Build systems and operating systems may use manifest files to understand...
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    100,000 lines of code where touched […] Larabel, Michael (2019-01-17). "GNOME's Builder IDE Goes Through Its Biggest Code Refactoring Ever". www.phoronix...
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    and quick jumping between files, classes, methods and usages Python code refactoring: including rename, update function signature, extract method, introduce...
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  • Field encapsulation (category Code refactoring)
    - this allows a programmer to restrict what actions another user of the code can perform. Compare the following Java class in which the name field has...
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    outside code. This makes it easier to change how an object works on the inside without affecting other parts of the program, such as in code refactoring. Encapsulation...
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  • application uses a small part of a big library (which can be solved by code refactoring), or a simple application relies on many libraries. If app depends...
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