Re: Re: Ambiguous Refactoring Solution

On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 12:37 AM, Olof Bjarnason
<[email protected]> wrote:
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> 2009/9/23 Adam Sroka <[email protected]>
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> > On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 12:20 AM, Donaldson, John (GEO)
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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..
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> > > 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.)
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> OK maybe I should have been a little clearer.
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> When prioritizing things, improving "old code" should be lower on the
> list than fixing backlog / doing what the customer asks.
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> 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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In general, sans qualification, why not improve the design of the code?

The only answer I can think of, as implied by your words, is that the
customer is asking for something and that is more pressing.

So, that is yet another reason (anybody counting?) that we should
endeavor to keep our cycles short and have plenty of time left over to
do our jobs right.


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