Category Archives: Refactoring

A Guest Appearance On Tekpub’s Knockout.js Series

Posted on August 20, 2012 by Derick Bailey

Tekpub release their series on Knockout.js recently and I was fortunate enough to make a guest appearance! Now I know you’re thinking “why would Derick make an appearance in a Knockout series?!” But don’t worry – I’m not there to … Continue reading →

Also posted in Code Review, Javascript, Knockout, Screencast | 1 Comment

Improve your LINQ with .Any()

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Sharon Cichelli

LINQ’s .Any() method is under-utilized, given the benefits it brings in making your code briefer, clearer, and more efficient. LINQ in general improves the expressiveness of your collection-manipulating code by using declarative statements instead of imperative foreach loops; .Any() is … Continue reading →

Also posted in .NET, Analysis and Design, AntiPatterns, AutoMocking, C#, Craftsmanship, Quality | 5 Comments

Running JavaScript… With Sneakers!

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Sharon Cichelli

Code-review time. I haven’t written significant JavaScript in forevs, but I hit upon a use case well suited to it, had a blast coding it up, and am confident that I’ll be completely mystified by it three months from now. … Continue reading →

Also posted in Agile, Kanban, Management | 3 Comments

Rebuilding My Backbone.js Plugins With Modules, SRP and More

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Derick Bailey

In the last few weeks, I’ve rebuilt and refactored a large amount of JavaScript code in both my Backbone.ModelBinding and Backbone.Memento plugins. In the process, I re-learned several object oriented design principles and how they apply to JavaScript. I also … Continue reading →

Also posted in Backbone, Backbone.Memento, Backbone.ModelBinding, Javascript | Leave a comment

Legacy Operating Systems and Legacy Languages: If it ain’t broke, it still needs fixing

Posted on August 25, 2011 by Sharon Cichelli

In my travels I’ve encountered systems chugging happily along on outdated, discontinued, unsupported technology stacks. Apps written in VB6, FoxPro, Classic ASP, still running without a hitch because the kinks had been shaken out years ago… Software users delicately avoiding … Continue reading →

Also posted in Product Reviews | 11 Comments

An Object Lesson in Binary Compatibility

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Sharon Cichelli

A riddle for you, friends: When is changing a method from return void to return Something a breaking change? If you already know the answer, then why hadn’t you told me? Could’ve saved me a fair bit of embarrassment. Ah … Continue reading →

Also posted in Education, Lean Systems, Management, Philosophy of Software, Principles and Patterns | 4 Comments

Good Refactoring / Patterns For Simple UI Logic?

Posted on February 1, 2011 by Derick Bailey

I’ve got a chunk of C# that sits inside of a very simple form. The form downloads an update from a web page – one of two possible downloads, based on which one is available – and shows a message … Continue reading →

Also posted in .NET, C#, Pragmatism, Principles and Patterns | 7 Comments

A Less Ugly Switch Statement For C#

Posted on October 7, 2010 by Derick Bailey

I know switch statements are considered “evil” because they are very procedural code, they violate the Open-Closed Principle, etc etc. But every now and then I don’t see a need to do anything more than a switch statement because the … Continue reading →

Also posted in .NET, C# | 27 Comments

A Refactoring: Explicit Modeling And Reducing Duplication

Posted on September 25, 2010 by Derick Bailey

A coworker showed me a method that had a series of guard clauses at the top and a series of sequential steps that had to be processed after that. All of the guard clauses and sequential steps were executed the … Continue reading →

Also posted in .NET, C#, Principles and Patterns | 9 Comments

"Refactoring" Notes

Posted on July 9, 2010 by Keith Dahlby

I’m not going to bother with a review of Martin Fowler‘s Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code. It’s good enough that its catalog, available in expanded form online, now provides the definitive vocabulary shared by dozens of refactoring tools … Continue reading →

Also posted in Management, Philosophy of Software, Retrospectives | Leave a comment