Professional refactoring in Visual Basic

In this one-of-a-kind book, Microsoft MVP Danijel Arsenovski shows you how to utilize the power of refactoring to improve the design of your existing code and become more efficient and productive. He provides you with a hands-on approach so you'll quickly learn how to manage and modify your code with refactoring tools and features. You'll also discover how to perform unit testing, refactoring to patterns, and refactoring to upgrade legacy Visual Basic code.As you progress through the chapters, you'll build a prototype application from scratch. You'll then utilize refactoring techniques to transform the code into a properly designed, enterprise-level application. Arsenovski walks you step-by-step through each process while offering expert coding tips. You'll then be able to apply this information to real situations that arise as a result of company expansion, policy changes, or similar business decisions.What you will learn from this book• The steps involved in assembling a refactoring toolkit• How to activate explicit and strict compiler options• Effective strategies for error handling• How to eliminate dead code, reduce scope, and remove unused references• Method consolidation and extraction techniques• Advanced object-oriented concepts and related refactorings• How to organize code for large-scale projects• Tips for taking advantage of LINQ and other VB 2008 enhancements• Core refactorings and basic code smells• How to use the free Refactor! add-in for Visual Basic• Visual Basic–specific refactorings and smellsWho this book is forThis book is for intermediate to expert programmers, developers, or .NET software architects who are familiar with basic object-oriented concepts, Visual Basic, and the Visual Studio environment.Wrox Professional guides are planned and written by working programmers to meet the real-world needs of programmers, developers, and IT professionals. Focused and relevant, they address the issues technology professionals face every day. They provide examples, practical solutions, and expert education in new technologies, all designed to help programmers do a better job.About the AuthorDanijel Arsenovski is an author, software architect, and agile coach. Currently, he works as Product and Solutions Architect at Excelsys S.A., designing web 2.0 banking solutions for numerous clients in the region. He started experimenting with refactoring while overhauling a huge banking system, and he hasn’t lost interest in refactoring ever since. He is known for evangelizing about refactoring on the .NET platform. Arsenovski is a contributing author for Visual Studio Magazine, .NET Developers Journal, and Visual Systems Journal. He holds the Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD) certification, and was named Microsoft MVP in 2005. You can reach him at danijel.arsenovski@empoweragile.com, and feel free to drop by at his blog at .

Refactoring is an effective way to quickly uncover problematic code and fix it. In this first book to provide a hands-on approach to refactoring in C# and ASP.NET, you'll discover to apply refactoring techniques to manage and modify your code. Plus, you'll learn how to build a prototype application from scratch and discover how to refactor the prototype into a properly designed, enterprise-level application.

With the help of step-by-step directions, you'll gain a better understanding of different code issues and refactoring transformations. Many of these transformations are developed from real-world scenarios that are the result of key business decisions. In addition, you'll find formal definitions of refactoring techniques that you'll be able to refer to while on the job.

This book covers the refactoring techniques that will enable you to become more efficient and productive. You'll be able to use this information to respond to change and improve the design of existing code.

What you will learn from this book

• How to assemble your own refactoring toolkit
• Techniques for performing unit testing
• Tips on refactoring to patterns
• How to use refactoring to upgrade legacy C# and ASP.NET code
• Ways to take advantage of the method extraction to eliminate duplicated code
• How to make code simpler, easier to modify, and more understandable
• All about object oriented theory and design patterns
• Methods for using LINQ and other C# 3.0 enhancements

Who this book is for

This book is for C# and ASP.NET developers who want to learn how to effectively manage and modify their code with refactoring tools and features.

Wrox Professional guides are planned and written by working programmers to meet the real-world needs of programmers, developers, and IT professionals. Focused and relevant, they address the issues technology professionals face every day. They provide examples, practical solutions, and expert education in new technologies, all designed to help programmers do a better job.

Refactoring is an effective way to quickly uncover problematic code and fix it. In this first book to provide a hands-on approach to refactoring in C# and ASP.NET, you'll discover to apply refactoring techniques to manage and modify your code. Plus, you'll learn how to build a prototype application from scratch and discover how to refactor the prototype into a properly designed, enterprise-level application. With the help of step-by-step directions, you'll gain a better understanding of different code issues and refactoring transformations. Many of these transformations are developed from real-world scenarios that are the result of key business decisions. In addition, you'll find formal definitions of refactoring techniques that you'll be able to refer to while on the job. This book covers the refactoring techniques that will enable you to become more efficient and productive. You'll be able to use this information to respond to change and improve the design of existing code. What you will learn from this book How to assemble your own refactoring toolkit Techniques for performing unit testing Tips on refactoring to patterns How to use refactoring to upgrade legacy C# and ASP.NET code Ways to take advantage of the method extraction to eliminate duplicated code How to make code simpler, easier to modify, and more understandable All about object oriented theory and design patterns Methods for using LINQ and other C# 3.0 enhancements Who this book is for This book is for C# and ASP.NET developers who want to learn how to effectively manage and modify their code with refactoring tools and features. Wrox Professional guides are planned and written by working programmers to meet the real-world needs of programmers, developers, and IT professionals. Focused and relevant, they address the issues technology professionals face every day. They provide examples, practical solutions, and expert education in new technologies, all designed to help programmers do a better job. In this one-of-a-kind book, Microsoft MVP Danijel Arsenovski shows you how to utilize the power of refactoring to improve the design of your existing code and become more efficient and productive. You?ll discover how to perform unit testing, refactoring to patterns, and refactoring to upgrade legacy Visual Basic code. As you progress through the chapters, you?ll build a prototype application from scratch as Arsenovski walks you step-by-step through each process while offering expert coding tips. C# and ASP. NET developers become more productive and efficient by utilizing the power of refactoring to improve the design of existing code This unique book is the only one on the market covering this high-demand topic--using refactoring tools and techniques to fix bad code; this hands-on book teaches advanced level C# and ASP. Professional Refactoring in Visual Basic(r). In this one-of-a-kind book, Microsoft MVP Danijel Arsenovski shows you how to utilize the power of refactoring to improve the design of your existing code and become more efficient and productive. He pr