Refactoring [Guest editors' introduction]

Refactoring changes a program's source code without changing its external behavior, typically to improve the software's design The articles selected for this issue range from historical, exploring refactoring research's origins, to practical, exploring software developers' experi...

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Published in:IEEE software Vol. 32; no. 6; pp. 27 - 29
Main Authors: Murphy-Hill, Emerson, Roberts, Don, Sommerlad, Peter, Opdyke, William F.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: IEEE 01.11.2015
Subjects:
Code refractoring
Computer programs
Developers
Editors
Historic
mobile computing
Origins
Programming
Recording
refactoring
Software
Software architecture
Software development
software engineering
Source code
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ISSN:0740-7459
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Summary:Refactoring changes a program's source code without changing its external behavior, typically to improve the software's design The articles selected for this issue range from historical, exploring refactoring research's origins, to practical, exploring software developers' experiences with refactoring, to theoretical, exploring new refactoring techniques that haven't yet appeared in the wild. The Web extra at https://youtu.be/f2IK3V9wwa8 is an audio recording of Davide Falessi speaking with guest editors Emerson Murphy-Hill of North Carolina State University, Don Roberts of the University of Evansville, and Peter Sommerlad of Fachhochschule Ostschweiz / Hochschule für Technik Rapperswil about past, present, and future approaches to refactoring.
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ISSN:0740-7459
DOI:10.1109/MS.2015.136