Jonathan Crossland's Talkware

Do you think of a Framework as a large 'hole, to be avoided'? Are they too complicated to develop within your project, for everyday development?
I take the view, that a Framework can very easily be part of every project you build, and with great benefit. You just have to understand how.

A Framework has two very important characteristics to give to Applications. A Framework provides structure and infrastructure.

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Tags: frameworks

Please Note: Please make sure you have proper unit test coverage on your classes, as you refactor.

From Part 1, I showed you how I initially split a large class into a few more, splitting the complexity of having the code in one place. However, you will still find that for a really complex class, there will still be quite a lot to do. Here are a few more composition based things to consider for continuing the refactoring process.

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Tags: refactoring, complex classes, code smells

Please Note: Please make sure you have proper unit test coverage on your classes, as you refactor.

Using Design Patterns which deal with compositional power, such as Wrapper, Facade, Adaptor, Bridge, Proxy and others are extremely useful for breaking large classes down. Rather have 10 smaller classes than 1 large one.

Well here is a very simple start to how to get your refactoring of that large class under way. Please be sure to compile your project after each step, to fix any errors, before moving to the next step.

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Tags: refactoring, complex classes, code smells