For any code base there comes a time when you want to change it. But if you just steam ahead making changes that break the code and then fixing errors, a common situation is that every fix or change creates several more errors. It feels as if you have picked …
A short demo of the refactoring capabilities of Python Tools for Visual Studio. Python Tools for Visual Studio is a free and open source plug-in for Visual Studio 2010 from Microsoft’s Developer Division. PTVS enables developers to use all the major productivity features of Visual Studio to build Python code …
This short videos shows how you can implement closures in Java. Video Producer / Source Code: http://pettergraff.blogspot.com/2010/11/closures-in-java.html
Wrangler is an interactive refactoring tool for Erlang, integrated into both emacs and Eclipse. Wrangler’s refactorings cover structural changes such as function, variable and module renaming, function extraction and generalization. Wrangler recognizes macros in code, and can be used on a single file or across a whole project. Wrangler can …
The Mikado Method: Code almost always depend on other pieces of code, hence one change often requires another in an entangled web. This works like the game Mikado (pick-up sticks), where you have to pick up lower scoring sticks in a certain order to reach the higher scoring Mikado stick. …
This video removes the duplication in the add and subtract classes by introducing an abstract base class. The end result is a use of the template method pattern. Video Producer: Brett L. Schuchert
