Re: Mother of a Refactor
VisionSet wrote:
"Andy Dingley" <dingbat@codesmiths.com> wrote in message
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VisionSet wrote:
I/we have inherited a 'Java' web application that is written in a style
that has to be seen to believed. We need to refactor/rewrite it!
Where's your desk? I think we're on the same project. 8-)
Where the heck do we start?
Start? Before _ANYTHING_ else, you get automated unit tests running...
Well by start I didn't mean jumping straight in!
Don't we do some analysis first? How'd we know what to test?
(and you've read Fowler, I assume)
No, have you a title please?
Martin Fowler, "Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code"
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0201485672
One of my all time favorite programming books, and one that I would
reread immediately if I were faced with your problem.
Many of the step-by-step approaches to keeping everything consistent can
be automated by using an IDE with refactoring support, such as Eclipse.
Also, Martin Fowler has a Refactoring page with other resources:
http://www.refactoring.com/
Patricia
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