Refactoring Mindset - tech-lessons.in
Continuous code improvement is an iterative process. This article focuses on cultivating a “refactoring mindset” – a deliberate and proactive approach to consistently improve your code.
We’ll explore key principles like building safety net, making small, frequent changes, recognizing code smells, learning to defer refactoring tasks, and minimizing bias to maintain a sustainable pace of improvement.
This article takes the TaskList kata, makes minimal modifications to the original kata, and explains “refactoring mindset” while refactoring the code. You can find the code that was refactored here .
The TaskList kata is a CLI application designed to manage projects and their tasks. It supports functionalities such as adding projects, adding tasks to projects, marking tasks as done or undone, and listing all tasks across all projects. It provides Task and TaskList as its key abstractions. and supports the following commands:
In this article, we won’t be refactoring the entire codebase but will focus on cultivating the mindset behind refactoring. If you’re curious, you can explore the refactored code here . With that, let’s dive into “refactoring mindset.”
