This book offers a thorough discussion of the principles of refactoring, including. A longer definition can be found in martin fowlers refactoring book page xvi. And the supersecrettrackingcookie2 made its way to stack overflow. Over the last decades, ive succumbed to an unfortunate addiction that of writing books. Code refactoring of parameter passed person account. Refactoring 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. This is the book that im proudest of, in that its had a high impact on the world of software development. Newest ruby questions software recommendations stack. Buying a book is getting pretty complicated these days, heres a summary of the options for buying my books in electronic and paper forms. If you ask a question on stack overflow, theres a good chance youll be directed to a link so you can buy someones favorite book. An example of a refactoring could be extract method figure 1. If a method is too long, it should be decomposed, using this refactoring technique.
A list of the 100 most influential programming books as decided by the stack overflow. Stack overflow commenters want you to read plenty of books. Stack overflow database design join issues meta stack. Interestingly, this book predates kent becks tdd book by a few years, and beck contributed a lot to the book. What are the key points of working effectively with legacy code. Last but not least, theres a big and still growing catalog of refactorings available which extends well beyond whats written in the very much recommended refactoring book by martin fowler. Newest refactoring questions software recommendations. The refactorings will be to avoid excessive joins in a lot of key queries.
So no, theres no nefarious purposes, just counting. Ideas for refactoring regarding simple state management in. So before unit testing, you need to refactor the code to make it more testable. Computer science stack exchange is a question and answer site for students, researchers and practitioners of computer science. How to encourage a team to refactor software engineering stack. Newest listmanipulation questions mathematica stack. Mar 14, 2017 stack overflow commenters want you to read plenty of books. Its lines because the original 100line routine did not do the job. The people who should have done the job that i just finished look like dummies. Recently active emacsclient questions emacs stack exchange. It features many references to further resources on the topic of refactoring code as well as a mailing list to discuss refactoringrelated issues. Rust has been stack overflows most loved language for four years in a. Refactoring has become a fullfledged part of the software development lexicon sadly also leading to.
Consider this definition of refactoring from martin fowlers book, refactoring. What senior developers can learn from beginners stack overflow. This turned out to be a mistake which will need massive and painful database refactoring to fix. Programmers often use forums, such as stackoverflow, to easily and quickly solve their. By scanning over 40 million questions and answers on stack overflow, one website has compiled a list of the mostreferenced books. There is also a section pointing out code smells that should motivate refactoring. Its a fantastic book that refactors code throughout the book and. When i updated it eighteen years later, refactoring had become a regular tool for any skilled programmer. Stack overflow database design join issues meta stack exchange. Top books referenced on stack overflow dice insights. For anyone in the comments disappointed you didnt have the cookie, well bake you a fresh one if you view a job on jobs. Stack overflow copied a key part of the wikipedia database design.
Refactoring has become a fullfledged part of the software development lexicon sadly also leading to misuse. The book teaches you how to break out of this catch by making the absolute minimal, safest changes to the code. If you have a similarly uncontrollable urge to read books ive got that disease too then heres a list of the books that ive written. Refactoring is a tool you use to satisfy managements needs. I agree that the early return form is easier to read. Refactoring 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 what is an antonym for this definition of refactoring. Newest refactoring questions game development stack exchange. Joels article rub a dub dub shows you why you should refactor and not. So that you can revert a bad refactoring without losing what was done before. Newest refactoring questions game development stack. One rule of thumb is to refactor prior making changes or adding new capabilities to the code.
It features many references to further resources on the topic of refactoring code as well as a mailing list to discuss refactoring related issues. Large method with nested switch cases refactoring java. It is a disciplined way to clean up code that minimizes the chances of introducing bugs. More specifically, how would one describe the process. When i was designing the core system, i completely forgot about the integer 2,147,483,647 limit, so now im trying to come up with some way to fix this without breaking everything apart. I wrote the original edition in 2000 when refactoring was a littleknown technique. Although after each book i seriously consider giving it up, i havent yet succeeded. The most mentioned books on stackoverflow slashdot.
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