Refactoring

As the application of object technology particularly the Java programming language has become commonplace, a new problem has emerged to confront the software development community Significant numbers of poorly designed programs have been created by less experienced developers, resulting in applications that are inefficient and hard to maintain and extend Increasingly, software system professionals are discovering just how difficult it is to work with these inherited, non optimal applications For several years, expert level object programmers have employed a growing collection of techniques to improve the structural integrity and performance of such existing software programs Referred to as refactoring, these practices have remained in the domain of experts because no attempt has been made to transcribe the lore into a form that all developers could use until now In Refactoring Improving the Design of Existing Software, renowned object technology mentor Martin Fowler breaks new ground, demystifying these master practices and demonstrating how software practitioners can realize the significant benefits of this new process. Read Refactoring author Martin Fowler – kino-fada.fr Refactoring is the process of rewriting software, without changing the way it functions, in order to improve its readability, testability or maintanability A book has been written on the subject by Martin Fowler Some of the chapters were written by other people Refactoring Improving the Design of Existing Code is focused on OO programming lots of Java examples and Agile practices It is setup as a catalog of refactoring techniques Each page dedicated to a refactoring is clearly marked, s Refactoring is the process of rewriting software, without changing the way it functions, in order to improve its readability, testability or maintanability A book has been written on the subject by Martin Fowler Some of the chapters were written by other people Refactoring Improving the Design of Existing Code is focused on OO programming lots of Java examples and Agile practices It is setup as a catalog of refactoring techniques Each page dedicated to a refactoring is clearly marked, so that you can easily look up a refactoring.The book was written a decade ago At that time IDE s did not support advanced refactorings Most of the methods described are fully automated in modern IDE s This means that you don t have to follow the text that closely any .1 Refactoring, a First ExampleThe first chapter starts with a simple example Java code is used throughout the example as well as UML diagrams.2 Principl...While this book isof a reference book than a book to read through a memorise and I intend to use it as such in the future , this book is well worth having for software engineers looking to improve their practices Even if you don t subscribe to Martin Fowler s lots of small methods and classes style of programming and I admit, it takes some getting used to , the techniques in this book are still useful and applicable to any software project The book consists mainly of a catalog of ref While this book isof a reference book than a book to read through a memorise and I intend to use it as such in the future , this book is well worth having for software engineers looking to improve their practices Even if you don t subscribe to Martin Fowler s lots of small methods and classes style of programming and I admit, it takes some getting used to , the techniques in this book are still useful and applicable to any software project The book consists mainly of a catalog of refactorings These can be thought of as a toolbox for a programmer looking to clean up their code and improve the code s design, with each refactoring giving a description of how to apply it and a rationale as to when you may wish to The tail end of the book consists of some large scale refactorings which are much less mechanical andhazy due to their much larger scope, and some chapters written by proponents of refactoring, including the renow...If you are interested in improving and maintaining the quality of your code this book should be on your reading list It is not the kind of book you read once and forget about it When you are doing refactoring it s always recommended to come back and check the categories explained in it What I really enjoyed is that it confirmed some of the ideas I already had about software development On the first hand you should have a robust test suite in order to be certain that refactoring didn t change If you are interested in improving and maintaining the quality of your code this book should be on your reading list It is not the kind of book you read once and forget about it When you are doing refactoring it s always recommended to come back and check the categories explained in it What I really enjoyed is that it confirmed some of the ideas I already had about software development On the first hand you should have a robust test suite in order to be certain that refactoring didn t change the behavior of the software Further, you should never start writing new features on top of code that looks like it needs refactoring First refactor and then write new code Lastly, refactoring should not stop the progress of your project, but be continuously integrated with the development phase.The book was wri...Overall I was disappointed in this book Modern tools and IDE s have removed nearly all of the pain points that are laid out in this book, which made reading annoying and tiresome I skipped the Mechanics section of every single refactor because they are just not relevant in 2016 Your compiler and IDE will tell you every thing you need to know in nearly all cases That being said the content is good, albeit very basic I would recommend this to someone who is just out of college or with littl Overall I was disappointed in this book Modern tools and IDE s have removed nearly all of the pain points that are laid out in this book, which made reading annoying and tiresome I skipped the Mechanics section of every single refactor because they are just not relevant in 2016 Your compiler and IDE will tell you every thing you need to know in nearly all cases That be...This book is a must read for every software developer I would personally recommend it to my team members.I totally agree with Martin and his vision that the changes should be incremental I think everyone that tried a complete rewrite at some point failed or at least achieved unsatisfactory results Maybe they didn t completed in time or didn t achieve the expected results.The most important aspect that is emphasized in the book is that you should apply refactoring when you need to, not just This book is a must read for every software developer I would personally recommend it to my team members.I totally agree with Martin and his vision that the changes should be incremental I think everyone that tried a complete rewrite at some point failed or at least achieved unsatisfactory results Maybe they didn t completed in time or didn t achieve the expected results.The most important aspect that is emphasized in the book is that you should apply refactoring when you need to, not just going blindly and refactoring everything What we have in our team as a good rule of thumb is basically what is promoted in this book once you start working on a new feature or fixing a bug and you see any issues with the code your started working on, you start refactoring and then implement the feature or fix ...You hear something about refactoring and you want to see what it is You want to make your code better but don t know how to do it If your answer is yes, then this book is for you.Martin Fowlers Refactoring is in my opinion the best book about this subject.Author describes many refactoring techniques and explain how and when to use them.Each technique has it s own example write in javascript code is very easy to understandand you won t have any problems to apply it in your language of choic You hear something about refactoring and you want to see what it is You want to make your code better but don t know how to do it If your answer is yes, then this book is for you.Martin Fowlers Refactoring is in my opinion the best book about this subject.Author describes many refactoring techniques and explain how and when to use them.Each technique has it s own example write in javascript code is very easy to understandand you won t have any problems to apply it in your language of choice.What is nice about this book, is that author sho...This book is not just for refactoring, it s for understanding how professional are thinking about their code You can use these methods even in writing the first line of your code This is one of the books that every developer should read to transform his knowledge to be inreadable and flexible code.What I like most about this book is that many of the refactorings are accompanied by an inverse equivalent Like the GoF book on patterns, the idea behind the library is to commit the existence of patterns to memory, but refer back to the library when you want to apply one.A solid book for a developer which contains a number of so called code smells , which should tell you that this specific piece of code needs to be refactored, along with techniques to achieve this result Although these techniques seems outdated as modern IDEs are able to make most of these refactorings automatically for you and these automation is described in Chapter 14 it is still good to know when to perform these refactorings.This book may be read both as a reference guide it has conven A solid book for a developer which contains a number of so called code smells , which should tell you that this specific piece of code needs to be refactored, along with techniques to achieve this result Although these techniques seems outdated as modern IDEs are able to make most of these refactorings automatically for you and these aut...It was long overdue for me to read a technical book and I ve decided to go for a classic from 1999 about refactoring, written by software development icons as Martin Fowler and Kent Beck As such, it is not a surprise that Refactoring Improving the Design of Existing Code feels a little dated However, not as much as I had expected You see, the book is trying to familiarize the user with the idea of refactoring, something programmers of these days don t need In 1999, though, that was a breakt It was long overdue for me to read a technical book and I ve decided to go for a classic from 1999 about refactoring, written by software development icons as Martin Fowler and Kent Beck As such, it is not a surprise that Refactoring Improving the Design of Existing Code feels a little dated However, not as much as I had expected You see, the book is trying to familiarize the user with the idea of refactoring, something programmers of these days don t need In 1999, though, that was a breakthrough concept and it needed not only explained, but lobbied At the same time, the issues they describe regarding the process of refactoring, starting from the mechanic...Pros presenting refactoring as a regular part of the development process is an important step forward The example at the start of the book is a great demonstration if why this stuff matters Nice to systematically catalog code smells Cons the code smells section is great, but has no actual code examples The chapters that go through the refactoring moves are better, but having each one isolated makes it boring to read The big refactoring chapters are only UML diagrams, which are not good te Pros presenting refactoring as a regular part of the development process is an important step forward The example at the start of the book is a great demonstration if why this stuff matters Nice to systematically catalog code smells Cons the code smells section is great, but has no actual code examples The chapters that go through the refactoring moves are better, but having each one isolated makes it boring to read The big refactoring chapters are only UML diagrams, which are not good teaching aids I think walking through a few medium sized examples, as in the first chapter, would ve beeneffective Finally, the exclusive focus on java and OO makes sense, but misses much of the power of functional programming, which removes the need for some types of refactoring entirely Also, it s a somewhat old version of Java, so the content can feel a little dated Overall an important book to get a sense of refactoring, but the examples leave a lot to be desired Good quotes Wi...

• English
• 04 August 2018
Martin Fowler
• Hardcover
• 431 pages
• 0201485672
• Martin Fowler
• Refactoring