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

Design Patterns by Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson and John Vlissides. Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code by Martin Fowler, Kent Beck, John Brant, William Opdyke and Don Roberts. Martin Fowler / Kent Beck / John Brant / William Opdyke / Don Roberts; Publisher: Addison Wesley. 3 thoughts on “Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code (Addison-Wesley Object Technology Series)”. This book is all about refactoring. However, in this new paradigm it isn't that design is ignored, but rather, the design This includes major refactoring tasks [11, 10], and helps to support continually improving the design. But good design is critical to the long-term maintainability of code, and generally speaking, developers are taught to deliver large, up-front designs that consider the 'big picture', not just the features being added. After refactoring some code, make sure your test cases still pass and write new test cases where necessary. Sean Kelly "Consultant" April 27, 2013 at 11:27 am. Over the past few months, I've been working with an Agile Team in two-week sprints improving an existing and quite complicated planning environment that my company has been developing over the past few years. Ever inherit a big mountain of nasty code and have to add new features to it? Image by seizethedave via Flickr You may say I've been reading a lot recently. The concept of 'Code smells' was popularized by Kent Beck and Martin Fowler in the book 'Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code' (ISBN 978-0201485677). And you can be right saying that :) I've just read Refactoring: Improving. By re-running the test cases, the developer can be confident that code refactoring is not damaging any existing functionality. Being part of this Don't use design patterns for the sake of design patterns: Good developers love writing crafty, intelligent code. Refactoring - Improving the Design of Existing Code by Martin Fowler, et. In my short career I have seen entire systems who should have had a major refactoring. Refactoring – Improving the design of existing code. Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code.