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Software Architect Conference 2012

by Chris_Green

I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to attend the Software Architect Conference this year in London. This is the same group which puts on DevWeek. It was short and sweet, just 2 days without the additional sessions before and after.

Smart Technical Debt Estimation with NDepend

by Fiyaz Hasan

Just like financial debt estimation, technical debt can also be estimated. Know more about this metaphor developed by Ward Cunningham and how the estimation can be done though NDepend's smart technical debt estimation feature.

Façade Pattern: A Beginner’s How-To for Simplified Code

by Dev Leader

A beginner's guide to Façade pattern

Refactor Your Code Easily Using Visual Studio 2012

by Kunal Chowdhury «IN»

How to refactor your code easily using Visual Studio 2012

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Software Architect Conference 2012

21 Nov 2012 by Chris_Green

I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to attend the Software Architect Conference this year in London. This is the same group which puts on DevWeek. It was short and sweet, just 2 days without the additional sessions before and after.

Why is "feature envy" considered as a code smell? What problems does it create when we have feature envy in our code base?

20 Jan 2015 by User 59241

Here is an explanation of "feature envy":http://sourcemaking.com/refactoring/feature-envy[^]and here:http://eclipse-metrics.sourceforge.net/descriptions/pages/FeatureEnvy.html[^]And here "code smell"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_smell[^]As Andreas has pointed out it breaks...

Automated Mass refactor whole project code

14 Apr 2013 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

Yes, this is achievable, but this is quite a big work. Reflection won't help much, because it works with compiled assemblies or assemblies created during runtime, but refactoring has to work with source code.Is there available classes? It actually depends on available compilers. There are...

How I Make My Assembly Or Dll Or Application No One Can Refactoring It !! ?

26 Jan 2015 by Pascal-78

You have to obfuscate it...basically, this operation will not prevent decompile, but the decompilation process will generate something more confusing, without the same name of methods, members, classes...Visual Studio came with a third party program called Dotfuscator community...

Change Control Type Tool

2 Sep 2012 by springjazzy

Good day!Could you guide me where should I start searches on such issue. We have a huge amount of WinForms code using some Custom DropDown control(let's say UltraDropDown). Mostly its in InitializeComponent method. I need to change type of that control to let's say DevDropDown. That two...

Change Control Type Tool

2 Sep 2012 by Mehdi Gholam

No tool will help you here other than a find/replace with a lot of time changing property names by hand.One possibility is to create a wrapper for DevDropDown to make it look like UltraDropDown ( properties you have used) and plugin that into your source [this may not be possible if the...

How to get the input file's class without knowing it (java)

6 Nov 2012 by TorstenH.

OKOK. This is basically more text format thingy. You need to parse the text depending on patterns.http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/data/comparestrings.html[^]EDIT: I found a link that describes a technique on how to do that:http://www.rgagnon.com/javadetails/java-0420.html[^]

Automated Mass refactor whole project code

14 Apr 2013 by Bhavin Jagad

Hi All, I have 300 files which having different namespaces,classes etc. Using System.Reflection I made a list of namespaces, classes, classes' data members ,property and methods list. I need to change name of all namespaces, classes, classes' members, methods and properties names. I...

Refactoring ideas - Improving desing - c# game

14 May 2013 by User 4923751

Hi,I have started a c# project to develop an easy board game as a hobby and since there is no pressure I try to improve its design based on the Object Oriented logic. The primary reason is to further develop myself as a programmer and share my thoughts with the community as food for...

Refactoring ideas - Improving desing - c# game

14 May 2013 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

I have just one but big idea: your badly overuse (abuse) the designer. If you get rid of it, it will solve all your problems with this code.It gives you a lot of manual unsupportable tedious work. (Do you understand that "manual" programming in code means high reuse and intellectual...

How can I encapsulate the data source in a linq query?

12 Sep 2013 by J Melkerson

The following snippet of code contains two nested try blocks that try to find information in table "a", and if that fails, tries to find the same info in table "b". The two 'try's are identical except for the table that is queried and the value assigned to 'whereFound'. I know I need to...

What are the Re-factoring issues

20 Sep 2013 by OriginalGriff

Google is your friend: Be nice and visit him often. He can answer questions a lot more quickly than posting them here...A very quick search gave over 3,000,000 hits : Google[^]The top hit is wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_refactoring[^] which covers it well.In future,...

Summary object refactoring

18 Jul 2014 by Boltyk

I have a summary objects, who's responsibilities actually to combine a lot of things together and create a summary report.In this objects I have a lot of structures like this:public class SummaryVisit : Visit, IMappable{ public int SummaryId { get; set; } public int...

How to reduce switch statement when interface implement in C#

7 Dec 2016 by Er. Dinesh Sharma

Hi Experts,Please help me to find the proper way to remove the switch statement when a Interface is implement by number of classes.e.gpublic enum TestClass { Test1, Test2, Test3, Test4 } public interface ITest { void...

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How to reduce switch statement when interface implement in C#

7 Dec 2016 by Midi_Mick

I'd be tempted to remove the enumeration altogether, and use generics.public class Test where T: ITest, new() { public ITest GetObject() { return new T(); }}or, if it suits your style a bit better, take the generic away from the class Test, and just apply it to the...

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Smart Technical Debt Estimation with NDepend

22 Mar 2017 by Fiyaz Hasan

Just like financial debt estimation, technical debt can also be estimated. Know more about this metaphor developed by Ward Cunningham and how the estimation can be done though NDepend's smart technical debt estimation feature.

Refactoring code exercise - how to approach this problem

22 Jan 2018 by CHill60

We don't do your homework or exercises for you - exercises are set to help you learn and to cement that new knowledge into your brain. So if we just gave you all the suggestions then we would be doing you a disfavour. You already have some suggestions that you haven't applied yet: Quote: move...

How to rename all files in folder in folder in folder

3 Apr 2018 by Member 13751131

I'm using a Mac osx. I know that this code in the terminal will replace all txt files that include "hello" with "hiThere" in the folder named "world": perl -pi -w -e 's/hello/hiThere/g;' ~/Desktop/world/*.txt But inside that world folder there are other folders which have other txt files...

How do I refactor these java classes

7 Nov 2020 by codebeginer501

i am required to provide a redesign and refactoring of the classes that provides maximum reusability, extensibility and eliminates as many dependencies as possible in the class Alpha. i am free to change any of the classes in any way i wish,...

How do I refactor these java classes

7 Nov 2020 by Richard MacCutchan

See Trail: Learning the Java Language (The Java™ Tutorials)[^].

Need help for this sfzsld sfdpoko of code?

16 Dec 2021 by OriginalGriff

While we are more than willing to help those that are stuck, that doesn't mean that we are here to do it all for you! We can't do all the work, you are either getting paid for this, or it's part of your grades and it wouldn't be at all fair for...

Need help for this sfzsld sfdpoko of code?

16 Dec 2021 by Richard MacCutchan

See Lesson: Classes and Objects (The Java™ Tutorials > Learning the Java Language)[^].

Façade Pattern: A Beginner’s How-To for Simplified Code

31 Mar 2023 by Dev Leader

A beginner's guide to Façade pattern

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Refactor Your Code Easily Using Visual Studio 2012

29 Jun 2012 by Kunal Chowdhury «IN»

How to refactor your code easily using Visual Studio 2012

The Software Rewrite

4 Mar 2022 by Greg Utas

Open-heart surgery on your Big Ball of Mud

project-management

Building an application using design patterns and principles in C#

23 Apr 2013 by Jon Woo

I am writing this article to demonstrate how to build an application from scratch using SOLID principles and common design patterns

Coding with Klocwork: A Dev Perspective

6 Mar 2015 by Chris_Riley

Klocwork is kind of like my code spell check, or professional editor. It just makes me sound good. And if I were part of a larger dev team it would be quite a powerful management tool.

Lambdas: An Example in Refactoring Code

16 Nov 2013 by Dev Leader

An example in refactoring code.

Refactor Like a Boss: Break the Classes

18 Apr 2016 by debashishPaul

A tip for getting the most out of your refactoring practice

Refactoring Real World Application

23 Jul 2015 by xszaboj

Refactoring Real World Application

Why is "feature envy" considered as a code smell? What problems does it create when we have feature envy in our code base?

20 Jan 2015 by Andreas Gieriet

See What is a "feature envy" code and why is it considered a code smell?[^]: [...] because it breaks encapsulation. [...]CheersAndi

Find Unused Files: v1.4.0

20 Sep 2015 by Robert Hoffmann

Finds unused files and images in your website projects.

How to get the input file's class without knowing it (java)

6 Nov 2012 by AllainLG

Hi, I can't figure out, how to use getDeclaredMethods() (reflection) if the user chooses the file from GUI.Something like this:Class inclass= Class.forName("ClassName");Method[] methods = inclass.getDeclaredMethods(); But I don't know "ClassName", I get it later.I'd like to get...

Difference between VS 2010 and VS 2012 Refactoring

21 Sep 2013 by Richard MacCutchan

Yes there are some differences and Microsoft will probably have information about it on their Visual Studio pages.

How I Make My Assembly Or Dll Or Application No One Can Refactoring It !! ?

26 Jan 2015 by Member 10377426

How i make my Assembly or DLL or application no one can refactoring it !! ??i found IL Spy here in codeproject it's awesome project... but how i prevent it or any other refactoring tools for refactoring my applications ??That's bullsh*ts every app i open with refactory it decompile it...

Why is "feature envy" considered as a code smell? What problems does it create when we have feature envy in our code base?

20 Jan 2015 by Naser Hassan

Why is "feature envy" considered as a code smell? What problems does it create when we have feature envy in our code base?

Difference between VS 2010 and VS 2012 Refactoring

20 Sep 2013 by codestar007

Hi allPlease can anyone tell me that is there any difference between Refactor options in VS 2010 and VS 2012I saw articles in CP with both the version.Is there any difference..??

Refactoring code exercise - how to approach this problem

22 Jan 2018 by arnold lans

Hi Can some one suggest me the Refactoring for the below code as I am looking for how to approach to fix this bad code as an exercise. public class OrderManager { private readonly IOrderStore orderStore; public OrderManager(IOrderStore orderStore) { ...

Need help for this sfzsld sfdpoko of code?

19 Dec 2021 by Zhobk

public classffdgd { public String osdfwnerName = “CzzIUsgdz"; public String szbrand; public int zsuzsrrentSzspeed; pritate vosid sdzgccgzdelezgrate(int speed) { ... } pritate void fsdfecelgdesrate(int speed) { ... } pritate void...

Refactoring ideas - Improving desing - c# game

18 May 2013 by User 4923751

Many thanks to Sergey Alexandrovich for the ideas that helped me improve/refactor the crappy code.The main aspect is "not to use the designer" or "not to abuse the designer". I have manually created arrays of controls instead of using the designer and put them into containers. I also added...

How can I refactor this code?

11 Oct 2018 by Member 14015905

format = $format; } public function getBooksByAuthor($authorName, $limit = 10) { $return = []; $curl = curl_init(); curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL,...