He calls those that do not, "refactoring". This is an important distinction, because if we divide our work into refactoring and non-refactoring code modification activities (Fowler calls it "wearing …

Refactoring is modifying existing code to improve its readability, re-usability, performance, extensibility and maintainability. Have you ever looked at code and thought, "Wow this is a …

In a nutshell, refactoring means improving the design and/or implementation of software, usually without changing its behavior. This is normally done to make the code easier to understand …

Mar 24, 2010 · Good, if they're on SQL 2005+. Pre then you can't use With statements so temp tables are your friend. (Note that for testing, it can be best to start it off as temp and convert to …

May 1, 2013 · The cost of refactoring is higher than living with the existing code. The cost of refactoring is higher that rewriting the code from scratch; Some of the other answsers say that …

Apr 8, 2011 · Refactoring generally means to alter the way a piece of code/module/program is written without actually changing its functionality. Some of the goals of refactoring include …

'Change namespace to...' refactoring is provided for when the current file namespace doesn't match with the folder structure. This can be used to move individual classes to a different …

Jan 9, 2012 · If the refactoring task has more to do with regular replacements I use a :vimgrep-like command to find files, record a macro to do the refactor or use :g and :s if its a no brainer, and …

Dec 22, 2011 · You then make sure that the refactoring branch is reviewed first and merge that back into the development branch. All of the feature branches will then be based off …

May 16, 2009 · Refactoring is a delicate and time consuming project. I would highly recommend Martin Fowler's Refactoring. It is the single most important tool I have found that has helped …