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Jack Franklin
November 05, 2014
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Thames Valley Meetup: Refactoring
Jack Franklin
November 05, 2014
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Transcript
Refactoring Reafctoirng
@Jack_Franklin
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changing the design not the behaviour
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beware, opinions!
"Any fool can write code for a computer to understand.
Good programmers write code that humans can understand" ! Martin Fowler
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// create the carousel ! carousel( 400, 500, $('img'), 1000,
2000, true );
function carousel( height, width, images, speed, delay, autoPlay ) {
// code }
// create the carousel ! carousel({ height: 400, width: 500,
… });
var h = 400; var w = 400; var play
= true; var calc = function()… ! for (var key in things)
Name things after their intention
"There are only two hard things in Comp Sci, cache
invalidation and naming things" ! Phil Karlton
var placePin = function(x, y) ! var getLatLon = function(x,
y) ! var user = { coordinates: [x, y] }
var placePin = function(coords) ! var getLatLon = function(coords) !
var user = { coordinates: { x: 1, y: 2 } }
implicit knowledge
if I were to hand the code over to you,
what do I have to explain?
var drawGraph = function(width, height) { width = 160 +
width; height = 172.5 + height; }
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! var drawGraph = function(width, height) { var graphWidthPad =
160; width = graphWidthPad + width; … }
implicit knowledge is what trips future you up in 6
months time
function someFunc() { doSomething() and.then.something.else(); maybe.even.more(); var x = 2;
var y = 3; keep.on.going(x); and.going.and.going(y); return on.and.on(); }
strive for reusable, composable functions
this makes sure they do one thing and one thing
well
and also makes them much easier to test
easy to test code is usually pretty good
var goToBeginning = function(carousel) { if(carousel.isAtEnd()) { carousel.goToStart(); } }
var goToBeginning = function(carousel) { if(carousel.isAtEnd()) { carousel.goToStart(); } }
carousel goToBeginning
carousel.goToBeginning = function() { if(this.isAtEnd()) { this.goToStart(); } }
Component Component Component Component Component Component Component Component Component Component
components should know little about each other
one thing well
doing this in real life
120 seconds
you will never get this right
you never know less about the problem
premature abstraction is the root of all evil
prefer duplication at first
/users ?created_at[gt]=2014-04-01 &created_at[lte]=2014-05-01 ! if params[:created_at][:gt] users = users.where("created_at >…")
if params[:created_at][:lte] …
if params[:created_at][:gt] users = users.where("created_at >…") ! if params[:created_at][:lte] …
! if params[:created_at][:gte] … ! if params[:created_at][:lt] …
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filters = params[:created_at] ! map = { lte: '<=', gt:
'>', … } ! filters.reduce(User.all) do |col, (key, val)| sym = map[key] col.where("created_at #{sym} ?", …) end
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you can be too clever for your own good
filters = params[:created_at] users = User.all ! filters.reduce(users) do |coll,
(key, val)| case key when :lte then coll.where(…) when :gt then coll.where(…) … end
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prefer clarity of intent over succinct code
if something goes wrong, back out
git commit all the time
you should rebase before pushing anyway
it's a slow, methodical, mechanical process
test driving features
Can a user subscribe? • NO if they are the
owner of the blog • NO if they are an admin of the blog • NO if they are already subscribed to the blog • NO if the blog is private • Else, totally.
given input X I expect output Y
pure function! input X > same output Y no side
effects
you should strive for pure functions
they are easy to test and less prone to causing
large errors
Can a user subscribe? • NO if they are the
owner of the blog • NO if they are an admin of the blog • NO if they are already subscribed to the blog • NO if the blog is private • Else, totally.
it "returns true if the user can" do res =
UserSubscribe.can_subscribe? (user_id, blog) expect(res).to be(true) end
class UserSubscribe def self.can_subscribe? (user_id, blog) true end end
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it "returns true if the user can" … ! it
"returns false if the blog is private" …
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class UserSubscribe def self.can_subscribe? (user_id, blog) !blog.private? end end
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it "returns true if the user can" … ! it
"returns false if the blog is private" … ! it "returns false if the user owns the blog" …
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class UserSubscribe def self.can_subscribe?(user_id, blog) if blog.private? false elsif user.owns?(blog)
false else true end end end
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it "returns true if the user can" … ! it
"returns false if the blog is private" … ! it "returns false if the user owns the blog" … ! it "returns false if the user is admin" …
class UserSubscribe def self.can_subscribe?(user_id, blog) if blog.private? false elsif user.owns?(blog)
false elsif user.is_admin?(blog) false else true end end end
it "returns true if the user can" … ! it
"returns false if the blog is private" … ! it "returns false if the user owns the blog" … ! it "returns false if the user is admin" … ! it "returns false if the user is subscribed" …
class UserSubscribe def self.can_subscribe?(user_id, blog) if blog.private? false elsif user.owns?(blog)
false elsif user.is_admin?(blog) false elsif user.is_subscribed?(blog) false else true end end end
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the first implementation doesn't matter
the first implementation is about understanding the problem
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class UserSubscribe def self.can_subscribe?(user_id, blog) if blog.private? || user.owns?(blog) ||
user.is_admin?(blog) || user.is_subscribed?(blog) false else true end end end
class UserSubscribe def self.can_subscribe?(user_id, blog) ! !(blog.private? || user.owns?(blog) ||
user.is_admin?(blog) || user.is_subscribed?(blog)) ! end end
class UserSubscribe def self.can_subscribe?(user_id, blog) ! return false if blog.private?
return false if user.owns?(blog) return false if … return false if … true end end
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prefer clarity of intent over succinct code
TDD doesn't work every time
(but that doesn't mean you shouldn't write tests!)
but sometimes it might make sense to write the tests
afterwards...
#TODOs don't get done
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49,732,824
Code Review
Code Review
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Making a difficult change
refactor to make the change easy
make the change
RubyRogues #178 ! http://devchat.tv/ruby- rogues/episode-guide
Refactoring Book ! http://refactoring.com/
Thoughtbot Blog ! http:// robots.thoughtbot.com/
Thank You! ! @Jack_Franklin ! http://javascriptplayground.com/ the-refactoring-tales/