Refactoring is widely practiced by developers, and considerable research and development
effort has been invested in refactoring tools. However, little has been reported about 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 …

It is widely believed that refactoring improves software quality and developer productivity.
However, few empirical studies quantitatively assess refactoring benefits or investigate …

It is widely believed that refactoring improves software quality and developer productivity.
However, few empirical studies quantitatively assess refactoring benefits or investigate …

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 …

Refactoring is the process of changing the structure of code without changing its behavior.
Refactoring can be semi-automated with tools, which should make it easier for programmers …

Martin Fowler's guide to reworking bad code into well-structured code Refactoring improves
the design of existing code and enhances software maintainability, as well as making …

In this paper we provide an detailed overview of existing research in the field of software
restructuring and refactoring, from a formal as well as a practical point of view. Next, we …

One of the important ways to make software soft,(ie, easy to change, reuse, and develop), is
to automate the various program transformations that occur as software evolves. Automating …

Refactoring is widely recognized as one of the efficient techniques to manage technical debt
and maintain a healthy software project through enforcing best design practices, or coping …