Heraklion Software Craftsmanship Community’s session – Hands-on exercises on Refactoring
Code refactoring is the process of restructuring existing computer code—changing the factoring—without changing its external behavior. Refactoring improves nonfunctional attributes of the software. [Wikipedia]In this meetup, we will practice with some common refactoring tasks
- What are you doing to make sure that behavior is preserved?
- You are fighting with a function of 1000 LOC. How will you approach that monster in order to better structure it?
- When do you stop refactoring?
- How do you pick good names for your variables / functions?
- What does it take to write a good comment?
- What is a good size for a function?
- How do you best format your code?
- …and so on…
Important note:
If you have a laptop, bring that as you might need to use it.
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- Yorgos Saslis
- Nikolas Vourlakis
As for the Heraklion Software Craftsmanship Community
This is a community for those who want to take software development one step (at a time) further. Those who believe in not just getting the job done, but want to be proud about the kind of work they produce. It is not a community for experienced, old, senior or advanced developers. Anyone who is passionate about improving on the software development craft is very welcome!From The Software Craftsmanship manifesto:
As aspiring Software Craftsmen we are raising the bar of professional software development by practicing it and helping others learn the craft. Through this work we have come to value:
- Not only working software, but also well-crafted software
- Not only responding to change, but also steadily adding value
- Not only individuals and interactions, but also a community of professionals
- Not only customer collaboration, but also productive partnerships
That is, in pursuit of the items on the left we have found the items on the right to be indispensable.
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