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Refactoring with C#

By : Matt Eland
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Book Image

Refactoring with C#

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By: Matt Eland

Overview of this book

Software projects start as brand-new greenfield projects, but invariably become muddied in technical debt far sooner than you’d expect. In Refactoring with C#, you'll explore what technical debt is and how it arises before walking through the process of safely refactoring C# code using modern tooling in Visual Studio and more recent C# language features using C# 12 and .NET 8. This book will guide you through the process of refactoring safely through advanced unit testing with XUnit and libraries like Moq, Snapper, and Scientist .NET. You'll explore maintainable code through SOLID principles and defensive coding techniques made possible in newer versions of C#. You'll also find out how to run code analysis and write custom Roslyn analyzers to detect and resolve issues unique to your code. The nature of coding is changing, and you'll explore how to use AI with the GitHub Copilot Chat to refactor, test, document, and generate code before ending with a discussion about communicating technical debt to leadership and getting organizational buy-in to refactor your code in enterprise organizations and in agile teams. By the end of this book, you'll understand the nature of refactoring and see how you can safely, effectively, and repeatably pay down the technical debt in your application while adding value to your business.
Table of Contents (24 chapters)
Free Chapter
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Part 1: Refactoring with C# in Visual Studio
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Part 2: Refactoring Safely
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Part 3: Advanced Refactoring with AI and Code Analysis
18
Part 4: Refactoring in the Enterprise

Advanced Unit Testing

As we’ve seen, testing is incredible and can give you the freedom to effectively refactor your code in relative safety. Sometimes, code is written in a way that makes testing difficult and you need a few more tools. In this chapter, we’ll explore a handful of popular .NET libraries that can improve the readability of your tests and give you more options for testing code – including those tricky classes with complex data or dependencies.

We’ll cover the following topics in this chapter:

  • Creating readable tests with Shouldly
  • Generating test data with Bogus
  • Mocking dependencies with Moq and NSubstitute
  • Pinning tests with Snapper
  • Experimenting with Scientist .NET