RE: Re: Ambiguous Refactoring Solution

Yes, I agree! Much clearer. :-)

John D.

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Olof Bjarnason
Sent: 23 September 2009 09:38
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [refactoring] Re: Ambiguous Refactoring Solution

2009/9/23 Adam Sroka <[email protected]>
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> On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 12:20 AM, Donaldson, John (GEO)
> <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > Olof,
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> > > 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?
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> 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?

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