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I usually try to follow the advice of the book Working Effectively with Legacy Code. I break dependencies, move parts of the code to @VisibleForTesting public static methods and to new classes to make ...

Before you can begin refactoring, you need to know what to look for. I'm a very visual person, so whenever I work on refactoring a large or complex application, I begin by whiteboarding all components ...

As a CEO in 2021, your organization likely has some type of proprietary software. And at some point, either through changing market conditions or lags in performance, your CTO will tell you that ...

For most developers, maintaining and refactoring legacy code is all in a day’s work. But what about when the code was written by AI? Generative AI is no longer a novelty in the software development ...

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Instead of getting feedback, you’re polishing an idea that might not survive first contact with users. The uncomfortable ...

In software or application development, Code Refactoring refers to reconstructing or rearranging the program source code while maintaining its original functionality. The process aims to improve the ...

Value stream management involves people in the organization to examine workflows and other processes to ensure they are deriving the maximum value from their efforts while eliminating waste — of ...

Follow these best practices to eliminate God objects and design classes that are loosely coupled, cohesive, and easy to maintain In object-oriented programming (OOP), so-called God objects are an anti ...