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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)
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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

Index

As this ebook edition doesn't have fixed pagination, the page numbers below are hyperlinked for reference only, based on the printed edition of this book.

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.NET 8 5

.NET analysis

nullability analysis 286-288

with NDepend 297-300

.NET Feature Management 391

.NET Upgrade Assistant 385

projects, upgrading with 385, 386

A

abstract classes 118

abstract members 118

access modifiers

private 67

public 67

active monitoring 389

advanced code analysis tools

exploring 294, 295

agile environments

safety, establishing in 389, 390

Agile Manifesto 378

agile software development 377

agile teams

key elements 378

anti-patterns 105, 186

identifying, in C# code 185, 186

architectural principles

DRY principle 195, 196

high cohesion and low coupling 197, 198

KISS principle 197

arrange/act/assert pattern 146, 153

arrow functions (Lambda expressions) 57

Assert class 155

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