Post #1401910
2026-02-05 15:45 UTC
@mlevison
I personally work with C++ and am old fashioned and code with a text editor.
But the first time I read about refactoring tools, it was about the so called "refactoring browser" for Smalltalk.
https://wiki.c2.com/?RefactoringBrowser
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@project1enigma@chaos.social 2026-02-05 15:46
@mlevison IIRC nowadays there are tools for at least some of the usual refactoring steps in many IDEs for common programming languages. I'd be surprised if there were none for Java for example.
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@mlevison@agilealliance.social 2026-02-05 19:49
@project1enigma I do refactoring all the time. I still have a copy 1st edition of Refactoring - Martin Fowler. They tools exist, but they don't necessarily help the genai tools. Maybe a Claude Plugin for refactoring?