My Second Favorite Refactoring
In my last blog post, I shared with you my favorite refactoring and it might not have been what you were expecting. I can’t leave the topic without sharing with you my second favorite refactoring, as well. Like my favorite refactoring, my second favorite refactoring is also a safe refactoring, which means that if you …
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Refactoring code is an essential activity when working with existing systems, as well as building new ones. Refactoring techniques allow us to safely transform code into designs that are perhaps better suited for future extension. The techniques used to refactor code range from very simple to quite complex and there is a strong emphasis to …
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Read MoreSurgery on Legacy Code
One of my early blog posts that I wrote nearly 10 years ago that I called Sony Baloney discussed how the electronics giant cultivated some unusual, yet highly successful practices. One of the practices that Sony is known for is taking young and inexperienced engineers and putting them on new product development, while their senior …
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In my early days of computing back in the late 70s and early 80s, having an interest in microprocessor design was unusual. I remember getting almost monthly updates from Motorola and Intel on their latest chips and my shelves were filled with technical manuals. Information flowed freely and it felt that we were part of …
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Read MoreEncapsulate Change
Software development is a unique human activity but it bears resemblance to other activities such as math, writing, and engineering. I think of writing software as a modeling process but unlike modeling physical things that occur in space, we’re modeling processes that occur in time. Therefore, writing software is a process of creating models that …
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