Software refactoring aims at improving code quality while preserving the system's external
behavior. Although in principle refactoring is a behavior-preserving activity, a study …

Refactorings are program transformations which should preserve the program behavior.
Consequently, we expect that during phases when there are mostly refactorings in the …

Refactoring is often treated as the main remedy against the unavoidable code erosion
happening during software evolution. Studies show that refactoring is indeed an elemental …

Refactorings are-as defined by Fowler-behavior preserving source code transformations.
Their main purpose is to improve maintainability or comprehensibility, or also reduce the …

Refactoring is a well-established practice that aims at improving the internal structure of a
software system without changing its external behavior. Existing literature provides evidence …

Code refactoring is widely practiced by software developers. There is an explicit assumption
that code refactoring improves the structural quality of a software project, thereby also …

Refactoring aims at improving code non-functional attributes without modifying its external
behavior. Previous studies investigated the motivations behind refactoring by surveying …

Refactoring, the practice of applying behavior-preserving changes to existing code, can
enhance the quality of software systems. Refactoring tools can automatically perform and …

Despite the enormous success that manual and automated refactoring has enjoyed during
the last decade, we know little about the practice of refactoring. Understanding the …

Despite the availability of refactoring as a feature in popular IDEs, recent studies revealed
that developers are reluctant to use them, and still prefer the manual refactoring of their …