Google's advice was to build a database whose code could be "refactored".
They float by, offering notifications like these: "Shifting bits... Reducing complexity... Opening flaps... Calculating odds... Refactoring Bezier curves... Herding cats... Rearranging deck chairs... To be honest, just downloading a firmware update".
"In the beginning our clients didn't know we were refactoring so many things," Mr. Smith said.
Nice nuts-and-bolts stuff, with no B.S. Alicia Liu: Slides for Slaying the Dragon: Refactoring CSS for Maintainability I didn't actually go to this talk, but it was so popular the first time they ran it, the organizers asked Ms. Liu to reprise it.
If not enforced, the code is difficult to read, and developers might not understand the intent behind the code, leading to bad refactoring and more code smells.
Garrett says: "I tried refactoring the debt with a bank offering £80,000 of the debt up front, as I thought this would improve cashflow, but it was the worst thing I ever did.
If we use Play's so-called 'reverse routing' functionality, we can avoid hardcoding the URL and thus make our code more resilient to refactoring.
This fits in well with our modular, microlibrary strategy, borrowing from the Unix playbook by ensuring each of our dependencies are focussed on achieving one goal, and can be switched out for an alternative at a later stage without too much refactoring.
If phrases such as "goal refactoring" and "urge propagation" mean nothing to you, perhaps it's time to shell out £2,700 on a four-day workshop to learn the self-improvement philosophy sweeping Silicon Valley: applied rationality.
Mr. Kaye originated the concept of refactoring and founded Merchant Refactors Corp., the first company to offer this service.
