Is it just you, or does everyone using eclipse take "what eclipse does" to be refactoring?
I didn't mention IDE even once. A small part of refactoring can be done by eclipse. Rest of it is to be done by the programmer.
I am not a Fowlerian, but this is the only reference I could find. http://www.refactoring.com/catalog/index.html
Eclipse helps with a small subset - rest has to be done by the programmer. And most of it is easier to do in Ruby than in Java.
Compare the ruby edition http://www.amazon.com/Refactoring-Ruby-Edition-Jay-Fields/dp... to the java edition http://www.amazon.com/Refactoring-Improving-Design-Existing-...
On an average, ruby code ends up easier to modify and concise.
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Is it just you, or does everyone using eclipse take "what eclipse does" to be refactoring?
I didn't mention IDE even once. A small part of refactoring can be done by eclipse. Rest of it is to be done by the programmer.
I am not a Fowlerian, but this is the only reference I could find. http://www.refactoring.com/catalog/index.html
Eclipse helps with a small subset - rest has to be done by the programmer. And most of it is easier to do in Ruby than in Java.
Compare the ruby edition http://www.amazon.com/Refactoring-Ruby-Edition-Jay-Fields/dp... to the java edition http://www.amazon.com/Refactoring-Improving-Design-Existing-...
On an average, ruby code ends up easier to modify and concise.