It’s hard to overstate the importance of refactoring your code. When done right, refactoring can reduce complexity and make your code more readable and easier to maintain.
In this thread 🧵 we'll show you some nifty refactorings in IntelliJ Rust.
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The most important shortcut for working with refactorings in JetBrains IDEs is ⌃T, or Ctrl+Alt+Shift+T for Windows/Linux. It brings up the ‘Refactor this’ menu where you can simply choose the refactoring you need from the list.
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One of the most frequently used refactorings is ‘Rename’. It renames any symbol and automatically corrects all its references in your code. Just place the caret on a symbol and press ⇧F6 / Shift+F6 to begin renaming.
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The ‘Move’ refactoring (F6) can help you move top-level items within your project. Like with all other refactoring methods, the IDE will correct all the references automatically to ensure the modifications do not break your code.
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If you need to move a single file, just drag and drop it and the ‘Move’ refactoring will do the rest! This process also supports re-exports.
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‘Introduce Variable’ puts the result of an expression into a variable. Select the expression and press ⌥⌘V / Ctrl+Alt+V to replace it with the new variable.
‘Inline’ (⌥⌘N / Ctrl+Alt+N) does the opposite.
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With the ‘Extract Method’ refactoring (⌥⌘M / Ctrl+Alt+M), you can take a code fragment, move it into a separate method, and replace the old code with a call to the method.
‘Inline’ (⌥⌘N / Ctrl+Alt+N) does the opposite.
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