Found in 1 comment on Hacker News
irahul · 2012-06-11 · Original thread
> Perhaps you could name this mysterious IDE

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.

Fresh book recommendations delivered straight to your inbox every Thursday.