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Refactoring with C#

By : Matt Eland
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Book Image

Refactoring with C#

5 (1)
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

Getting started with GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio

In order to work with GitHub Copilot, you’ll need to have a GitHub account. If you don’t have one, you can sign up for a free GitHub account at https://github.com/signup.

GitHub Copilot also requires that you work with Visual Studio 2022 version 17.4.4 or later. If you haven’t installed Visual Studio, you can download a copy at https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/.

If you need to update or check your Visual Studio version, a quick way of doing either task is to launch the Visual Studio Installer from the Windows menu. This will let you see your current version and optionally update your edition of Visual Studio, as shown in Figure 11.5:

Figure 11.5 – Updating Visual Studio from the Visual Studio Installer

Figure 11.5 – Updating Visual Studio from the Visual Studio Installer

Once you have a GitHub account and an up-to-date edition of Visual Studio, you can install the GitHub Copilot extension.

Installing and activating GitHub...