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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

Refactoring in other editors

Before we end the chapter, let’s talk about refactoring in editors other than Visual Studio.

This book primarily focuses on refactoring in Visual Studio because that’s the current primary development environment for .NET developers. However, there are a few other editors and extensions that are frequently used for .NET development and offer refactoring support:

  • Visual Studio Code
  • JetBrains Rider
  • JetBrains ReSharper (Visual Studio Extension)

These tools will not be featured in examples throughout the remainder of the book since Visual Studio is the primary editing experience. However, most of what I’ll show you in the remainder of the book is also possible using these tools.

Refactoring in Visual Studio Code with the C# Dev Kit

Visual Studio Code (VS Code) is rapidly becoming a highly capable editing environment for .NET projects with its C# extension.

Where VS Code really comes into its own is with...