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Purchasing "Refactoring" by Martin Fowler

Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 1:01 pm
by volomike
Okay, guys, I took my $50 book certificate for Christmas and plopped it down on a used copy of Refactoring. I hope I got the right book, that it's in good condition like the owner says it is, and that the owner isn't ripping people off. Anyway, thanks for the book recommendation. I'll tell you whether I can understand the thing or whether it puts me to sleep. I hope the former and not the latter.

Re: Purchasing "Refactoring" by Martin Fowler

Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 1:35 pm
by matthijs
Why not both? :)

and then in your dreams ingrain all that wisdom

Re: Purchasing "Refactoring" by Martin Fowler

Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 7:07 pm
by Chris Corbyn
It's a good book :) It's changed the way I write code in some ways, but much of it is just giving names to obvious scenarios too. You'll understand it... it's not an advanced subject of discussion, but it's useful to know about, especially if you're finding it difficult to maintain code.

Re: Purchasing "Refactoring" by Martin Fowler

Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 8:15 pm
by josh
You might need to keep a computer nearby to google OOP terminology from time to time but for the most part its pretty self explanatory, it shows you crappy code on one page and then shows you the refactored version on the next page, he uses this style pretty much thru the whole book. It could help to also read up on wikipedia on how to read a UML diagram ( cardinality goes on the left of a relationship line, etc... )... not required, but it'll help you understand the stuff better.