Re: Re: Ambiguous Refactoring Solution
Olof Bjarnason <[email protected]>
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2009/9/23 Olof Bjarnason <[email protected]>: > 2009/9/23 Adam Sroka <[email protected]> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 12:20 AM, Donaldson, John (GEO) >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > >> > >> > Olof, >> > >> > > But again - if there is no driving force (fixing errors, adding new >> > > use cases), I would wait with refactoring. Of course, one driving >> > > force could be the will to learn refactoring.. >> > >> > I'm a little bit worried about this direction. I mean, in the cycle red-green-refactor, we have no motive for the refactoring, other than some nebulous concept of code goodness. So, if you see a class that is too big, and you have some time to spend on improving your code base - then why not? >> > >> >> I empathize with the concern. I think that quality is a sufficient >> motivation and for those for whom it is not a motivation we should >> seek to change that. For some, this will not work, but if we are >> persistent such influences will fade with time (And hopefully, those >> individuals as well.) > > OK maybe I should have been a little clearer. > > When prioritizing things, improving "old code" should be lower on the > list than fixing backlog / doing what the customer asks. > > If the customer isn't asking something, or the backlog is clear - then > why not improve the design of the code? replace("or", "and") sorry for double-post! > >> >> > > > -- > twitter.com/olofb > olofb.wordpress.com > olofb.wordpress.com/tag/english > -- twitter.com/olofb olofb.wordpress.com olofb.wordpress.com/tag/english ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/refactoring/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/refactoring/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/