Table of Contents

• Preface
• 1. Refactoring, a First Example
• 2. Principles in Refactoring
• 3. Bad Smells in Code
• 4. Building Tests
• 5. Toward a Catalog of Refactorings
• 6. Composing Methods
• 7. Moving Features between Objects
• 8. Organizing Data
• 9. Simplifying Conditional Expressions
• 10. Making Method Calls Simpler
• 11. Dealing with Generalization
• 12. Big Refactorings
• 13. Refactoring, Reuse, and Reality
• 14. Refactoring Tools
• 15. Putting It All Together

About the Author

Martin Fowler is Chief Scientist at Thought Works. He describes himself as 'an author, speaker and consultant on software development.' Fowler concentrates on designing enterprise software: exploring what makes a good design and what practices are needed to create one.