Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code Don Roberts, John Brant, Kent Beck, Martin Fowler, William Opdyke
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional

Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code. At last, I have decided to update myself ;)!!! Improving the Design of Existing Code. Martin Fowler's discussion book and catalogue of common refactorings is a hugely interesting read. But what does "updating" means to any human being? Design is hard; so improving design of existing code must be hard, as well, right? Now you can dramatically improve the design, performance, and manageability of object-oriented code without altering its interfaces or behavior. I think people see refactoring as a difficult process. The first place prize will be a copy of Refactoring: Improving The Design Of Existing Code, an Ubuntu Mug, an Ubuntu 10.04 LTS install disc, and a Mun pen. €�Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code” is focused on OO programming (lots of Java examples) and Agile practices. You may or may not have heard the term Refactoring before, but it is a term that sometimes seems to be used loosely in software development, when someone wants to do something to the code. Improving the Design of Existing Code (Refactoring). Ξ April 28th, 2011 | → Comments Off | ∇ Books |. More specially to a little person like me. It is setup as a catalog of refactoring techniques. In that time, many worthwhile books on the matter of refactoring have been brought to my attention. Last week, I had the opportunity to do a presentation on refactoring, using Martin Fowler's book Refactoring as the basis, for the Bartlesville Dot Net Users Group (BDNUG). This book is an extensive compilation of refactorings that range from providing meaningful names for variable to collapsing class hierarchies. Usage of the term increased after it was featured in Refactoring. April 28, 2011 § Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code, by Martin Fowler.