Refactoring Tools: Fitness for Purpose

Refactoring is the process of changing software's structure while preserving its external behavior. Refactoring tools can improve the speed and accuracy with which developers create and maintain software-but only if they are used. In practice, tools are not used as much as they could be; this s...

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Published in:IEEE software 2008-09, Vol.25 (5), p.38-44
Main Authors: Murphy-Hill, E., Black, A.P.
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Accuracy
Applied sciences
Boxes
Computer programs
Computer science
control theory
systems
Developers
Exact sciences and technology
Fitness
History
Inheritances
Java
keywords: refactoring
Preserving
Product design
Programmers
Programming languages
Programming profession
Software
software development
Software engineering
Software maintenance
software tools
Software utilities
Streaming media
Success factors
Tactics
Writing
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Computer programs
Computer science
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systems
Developers
Exact sciences and technology
Fitness
History
Inheritances
Java
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Preserving
Product design
Programmers
Programming languages
Programming profession
Software
software development
Software engineering
Software maintenance
software tools
Software utilities
Streaming media
Success factors
Tactics
Writing
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