Tools that perform refactoring are currently under-utilized by programmers. As more advanced refactoring tools are designed, a great chasm widens between how the tools must be use...
In Eclipse, and in most other development environments, refactorings are activated by selecting code, then using a menu or hotkey, and finally engaging in a dialog with a "wi...
Up to 75% of the costs associated with the development of software systems occur post-deployment during maintenance and evolution. Software refactoring is a process which can sign...
s Refactoring tools promise to increase the speed at which programmers write code, but programmers report that contemporary tools sometimes slow them down. Some of that slowdown ca...
Post-deployment maintenance and evolution can account for up to 75% of the cost of developing a software system. Software refactoring can reduce the costs associated with evolutio...
Erica Mealy, David A. Carrington, Paul A. Strooper...