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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)
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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
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Part 4: Refactoring in the Enterprise

Formatting and code cleanup in Visual Studio

It turns out that Visual Studio can automatically arrange and even clean up your code in a consistent manner through built-in features.

Formatting documents

One of the easiest ways to do this is with the Format Document feature, either by pressing Ctrl + K and then Ctrl + D or by opening the Edit menu, then going to Advanced and selecting Format Document, as shown in Figure 16.1:

Figure 16.1 – Formatting the active editor document

Figure 16.1 – Formatting the active editor document

This will change the code in your current file to match the preferences you’ve configured in Visual Studio.

These settings can be configured by opening the Tools menu and then selecting Options…. From there, expand the Text Editor, C#, Code Style, and Formatting nodes until you see the various preferences for indentation, new lines, spacing, and wrapping.

These settings blades allow you to configure the formatting preferences of Visual Studio and preview...