Let’s now refactor this class to make it simple, testable, and more manageable. The following code snippet illustrates the new version of the Candidate class. Note that the new Candidate class ...

Even if artifacts aren't refactored, developers should still want to go back into their code and see how to improve it. Refactoring helps keep costs down in the long run, too, as it makes the code ...

Changes like these illustrate what happens in real projects over many years, and why it's so hard to stop and say, "OK, this is the point at which I need to refactor the code." But if you never stop ...

Refactor them into objects. Use common object-oriented principles ... Don't fret too much if you created compilation problems in client and subcomponent code after you deleted the God object. You can ...