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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
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Part 4: Refactoring in the Enterprise

Refactoring the boarding app

This chapter’s code focuses on a pair of applications for Cloudy Skies Airline:

  • A Boarding Status Display app that tells the user if it’s time for them to board their flight based on the current boarding group and the person’s ticket, military status, and whether or not they need assistance getting down the jetway.
  • A Boarding Kiosk app that allows airline employees to view the passengers scheduled to be on the flight and provides information regarding whether each passenger has boarded. Figure 3.1 shows the application in action:
Figure 3.1 – The Boarding Kiosk app

Figure 3.1 – The Boarding Kiosk app

Since we’re exploring not one but two applications, we’ll meet the application code in small chunks as we progress through this chapter. However, feel free to peruse it yourself on GitHub if you’d like to orient yourself first.

As we go through this chapter, we’ll take its existing functioning...