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Refactoring Pro-Tip: I Refactor To Enable Change

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Why do I refactor, what am I getting out of it? The occasions for refactoring are varied, but the justification is always the same: to enable change.
Refactoring Pro-Tip: I use the strategies of naming, isolation, and noise-filtering when I'm refactoring.

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Refactoring Pro-Tip: Make Local Variables Maximally Local

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When I'm refactoring, I usually start by making local variables as local as they can be.
"The Whole Geek: These Geekery Muses Are Just The Tip Of The Iceberg"

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If you really want to know where this stuff comes from, it comes from beliefs of mine that lie far outside the realm of code.
"Refactoring Pro-Tip: Optimize For Scannability, Readability, Writability, In That Order"

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The thing I do most with code is scan it. That why when I refactor, I focus first on scannability.
"Refactoring Pro-Tip: Scanning Isn't Just Reading Fast"

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Scanning is really a process of feature-detection, and is a different mode than reading fast.
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Refactoring Pro-Tip: When I'm scanning, I'm not just reading fast, I'm feature-detecting, something the unconscious part of me is very good at doing, especially when the code helps.
Part of the made, the making, and the maker as a guiding theme for me is the idea of "leaning in" to the strengths of my maker body and "leaning out" from its weaknesses.
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My experience of the dozen languages one must be comfortable with to implement and ship a database-backed multi-user web site is that the task-dedicated language game is not worth the candle. I realize this makes me an old fogey.
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