Wiki Pages About Refactoring

"The two most important tools an architect has are the eraser in the drawing room and the sledge hammer on the construction site." - FrankLloydWright

(http://c2.com/ppr/wiki/WikiPagesAboutRefactoring/html.zip -- fast download of these pages.)

Definition:

• ReFactor
• RefactoringEqualsReparametrization
• CodeNormalization
• WhatIsRefactoring

Catalogs:

• RefactoringCatalog
• BigRefactorings

Refactoring Patterns:

• BacktrackIfRefactoringFails

• TheFirstRefactoringStep

• RefactoringInVerySmallSteps

• TestEveryRefactoring

• RefactoringInDuets

• RefactoringUsingTools

• AboutRefactoringPatterns

• RefactoringPatterns

Costs and benefits:

• GoFasterWithRefactoring
• CostOfRefactorCarry
• RefactoringAndRewriting
• RefactoringFriendly
• RefactoringIsntOverhead
• RefactoringYtwok
• EconomicsOfRefactoring

Counterbalances less design up front:

• RefactoringIsaRequirement
• OaooBalancesYagni

Small is good:

• RefactoringInVerySmallSteps
• BiggerRefactoringThoughts
• NanoRefactorization
• ImagineTheRefactoring

Continuous is good:

• ConstantRefactoringIsaGoodThing
• RefactorMercilessly
• OpportunisticRefactoring

Although sometimes done in larger chunks:

• RefactoringIteration
• RefactorSlack

Refactoring and understandability:

• RefactoringMercilesslyHidesTheForest
• WhatItTakesToGrokCode
• WellFactoredProgramsCannotBeUnderstoodStatically
• StudyTheSourceWithaDebugger
• WhenToStopRefactoring

One thing at a time is good:

• RefactoringHat
• OnlyWearOneOfFourHats

Continuous testing is good:

• TestEveryRefactoring

Refactoring Rules:

• RefactoringLanguage
• WhatIsaFactor

Goals:

• Refactoring to be ready for unanticipated change

  • ExtremeNormalForm - Recommended
  • ExtremeNormalFormDefinitions
  • WhatMakesSoftwareFlexible
  • MultipleInheritanceIsNotEvil

• Refactoring to reduce code smells

  • CodeSmells - Recommended
  • ListenToTheCode
  • AskTheCode

• Refactoring to reduce redundancy

  • OnceAndOnlyOnce
  • AbstractWithOnceAndOnlyOnce
  • BridgePatternIsJustGoodFactoring
  • JustGoodFactoring
  • MetaRefactoring

• Refactoring for clarity

  • ShortMethods
  • ComposedMethod
  • ExtractMethod
  • MethodObject
  • WellFactoredCode
  • SimplyUnderstoodCode
  • SeparateTheWhatFromTheHow
  • IntentionNotAlgorithm

• Refactoring to learn or teach

  • RefactoringReviews

• Refactoring for other reasons

  • MoveMethod
  • RefactoringAddingComplexity
  • ChangeVelocity
  • ExtractImplementationFromHeader

• Conflicting goals

  • CircularRefactoring
  • CanOnceAndOnlyOnceLoop
  • RefactorCollision

Tools:

• RefactoryBrowser
• RefactoringBrowser
  • VisualAgeJavaRefactoringBrowser - Request for the addition of a RefactoringBrowser in VisualAge
  • http://www.xptools.com/ - RefactoringBrowser for Java
• IntellijIdea
• EclipseIde
  • http://www.eclipse.org
• C# Refactory
  • http://www.xtreme-simplicity.net
• .NET Refactoring
  • http://dotnetrefactoring.com
• C++ Refactoring
  • http://www.ideat-solutions.com/refpp
  • http://www.slickedit.com/products/pr_visual_slickedit.php
  • http://www.xref-tech.com/xrefactory
• Delphi Refactoring with ModelMaker CodeExplorer
  • http://www.modelmakertools.com

Books:

• RefactoringImprovingTheDesignOfExistingCode (RefactoringBook) - by MartinFowler (see RefactoringDotCom )
• RefactoringToPatterns

Language Specific:

• RefactoringInVisualBasic
• RefactoringInJava
• RefactoringWithCeePlusPlus

Related pages about comments and code clarity:

• CommentCostsAndBenefits
• CommentExample
• CommentingChallenge
• IdentifiersAreComments
• MeaningfulComment
• MethodCommenting
• ToNeedComments
• TreatCommentsWithSuspicion
• WellCommentedCode

Related pages about variables and code clarity:

• AssignVariablesOnce
• LocalVariablesDefinedAndUsedOnOnePage
• LocalVariablesReassignedAboveTheirUses
• MeaningfulName
• RoleSuggestingVariable
• BadVariableNames - for how not to do it.

Meta Refactoring

• AutomatedRefactoring

Refactoring Noses - Pushing the limits of refactoring discovery

• RefactoringNose

Other

• ReasonsToRefactor
• SourcesOfRework
• RefactoringLegacyCode
• SafelyRefactoringLegacyCode

Or try one of the following searches ...

(...wiki?search=xyz searches all titles for a case insensitive match) (...wiki?fullsearch=xyz searches all titles and page bodies for a case insensitive match)

• http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?search=factor
• http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?search=OnceAndOnlyOnce
• http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?search=Oaoo
• http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?search=method
• http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?search=comment
• http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?search=variable

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