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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

Test-Driven Development with Visual Studio

We’re starting this chapter with a nearly empty console project and a supporting xUnit test project that has already been linked to the main project as shown in Chapter 6. The structure of this project can be seen in Figure 7.2:

Figure 7.2 – Solution Explorer showing only a few files

Figure 7.2 – Solution Explorer showing only a few files

Over the course of the rest of this section, we’re going to add a new class to track frequent flier miles for Cloudy Skies Airlines.

The requirements we’ll be addressing (in order) are:

  • When a new Frequent Flier Account is created it should start with a starting balance of 100 miles.
  • You should be able to add miles to the frequent flier account.
  • You should be able to mark miles as redeemed as long as this wouldn’t result in a negative balance.

These are not complex requirements, but they should serve as a starting point for briefly exploring TDD.

We’ll start with...