Tag Archives: refactoring

Article: When Software Smells Bad

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Bill Wake

Kevin Rutherford and I wrote this article for Better Software magazine; it was the cover article in the July/August 20122 issue. It demonstrates refactoring in Ruby, using a basic "todo" list application.  "When Software Smells Bad" (PDF), by Bill Wake … Continue reading →

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Refactoring in Ruby – InformIT Interview

Posted on October 16, 2009 by Bill Wake

Interview with Bill Wake and Kevin Rutherford, the authors of Refactoring in Ruby. Continue reading →

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Review – Clean Code

Posted on February 14, 2008 by Bill Wake

Clean Code, Bob Martin, Prentice-Hall, 2008. Bob Martin tackles the challenges of making code sparkling clean. He provides numerous guidelines, and demonstrates their utility in action. I particularly appreciated some of the longer examples where he really works them over. … Continue reading →

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Refactoring Workbook

Posted on November 8, 2006 by Bill Wake

“Refactoring improves through practice.” Continue reading →

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Refactoring Demo Screencast

Posted on May 15, 2006 by Bill Wake

Four ways to Extract Method. Continue reading →

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Smell to Refactoring Cheat Sheet – Industrial Logic

Posted on May 12, 2006 by Bill Wake

Refactoring cheat sheet. Continue reading →

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Review – Refactoring Workbook

Posted on April 20, 2006 by Bill Wake

Refactoring Workbook, William Wake. Addison-Wesley, 2003. [Consider this a summary rather than a review my own book.] My goals were to create a workbook that helps people practice recognizing smells (problems) and learn to apply important refactoring techniques. There's a … Continue reading →

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Review – Refactoring to Patterns

Posted on September 20, 2005 by Bill Wake

Refactoring to Patterns, Joshua Kerievsky. Addison-Wesley, 2005.Design patterns and refactoring have been related for a long time. (Consider that Ralph Johnson, one of the co-authors of Design Patterns, was a sponsor of the work that created the original refactoring browser.) … Continue reading →

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Review – Working Effectively with Legacy Code

Posted on December 20, 2004 by Bill Wake

Working Effectively with Legacy Code, Michael Feathers. Prentice Hall, 2004.Michael has distilled a lot of knowledge about how to safely improve code when you lack the safety net of tests. For example, there are places where you’ll take smaller steps … Continue reading →

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Refactoring Thumbnails

Posted on August 9, 2004 by Bill Wake

Sven Gorts has introduced Refactoring Thumbnails to summarize refactorings. Continue reading →

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Refactorings Require New Tests

Posted on May 31, 2004 by Bill Wake

Refactorings are often described as transformations that preserve semantics, but they still may require new tests. Continue reading →

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Scratch Refactoring

Posted on May 12, 2004 by Bill Wake

Sometimes it pays to do things twice. Continue reading →

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The Impact of Refactoring on Tests

Posted on January 31, 2004 by Bill Wake

When refactorings change the design of a system, they update the tests just enough to accommodate the revision. This keeps the tests working, but tests have other roles. To continue to support these roles, you often need to further modify the tests and add new ones. Continue reading →

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Refactoring Challenge – The Amazing Maze

Posted on December 6, 2003 by Bill Wake

"Amazing" is a maze generation program from the book BASIC Computer Games, by David Ahl. (The maze program was created by Jack Hauber). The code is used with permission of David Ahl, www.SwapMeetDave.com. Alan Hensel mentioned using this program as inspiration for … Continue reading →

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Subjunctive Programming

Posted on September 17, 2003 by Bill Wake

Programming in the world of “What If?” Continue reading →

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