A gap exists in the practicality of code refactoring.

Do a Google search for the phrase “code refactoring.” Go on and do it right now.  Notice how many resources are available to you about this topic.  Notice how people explain what it is.  Do you understand what they are saying?

There is a gap between the notion of refactoring and the ability to put it into action.  Many people struggle with making the leap from theory to implementation.

Our problem is getting started.

I wrote this book and its code challenge workbook to help you bridge the gap.  You will learn about code refactoring and then I will give you tweaks that you can do right now.  This book will teach you:

• How to spot a refactoring opportunity.
• How to think about it.
• And then how to do it.

I’ll cover the most common opportunities as these are easy wins that you can do right now.

Listen to me. When you do these refactoring tweaks, here is what you get:

• Your codebase and product(s) will improve. 
• You will reduce the lifecycle costs.
• You will be more profitable, as lower costs increase the bottom line.

Let’s start cleaning up your code.

Your Simple, Easy Actionable Plan

In this installment of the Little Green Book, I'll show you the tell-tale signs of refactoring, these indicators that scream "refactor me."  Then you'll get quick, easy, actionable tweaks that you can go do right now to make your codebase better.  These tweaks are easy wins that immediately impact your profitability by increasing quality, reuse, readability, and maintainability of your projects.

Let's get to work and show you a path to advance yourself and business.

Workbook

This book has a supplemental workbook available too.  The workbook provides you with real coding examples where you can practice and fine-tune your refactoring skills.  The solutions walk you through step-by-step providng insights, tips, thought process, and the how to for refactoring.

You can buy the book and workbook together in this bundle.

Little Green Book series

The Little Green Book series are short, easy to read, and get right to the point. No fluff. Just quick, actionable solutions you can do right now…to increase your profits.

You read Refactoring Tweaks.  How do you adapt the refactoring tweaks into your codebase?  It starts with practice.  First you need to develop the knack for spotting improvement areas. Then you can set out to refactor each one to improve your code.  But that takes practice.

The intent of this workbook is to provide you practice code challenges to help you fine-tune your refactoring skills.  Each challenge is an actual example from a WordPress plugin, theme, or core.  Each one has multiple refactoring opportunities to maximize your time.

How to Do the Exercises

1. The first step is to review the code challenge.  
2. Then mark each one of the potential improvement areas.  Refer back to the tweaks in the book if you get stuck.  
3. Next refactor each of the areas that you identified.
4. Compare your code to the solutions.

Solutions

Each code challenge has a detailed solution, which walks you through step-by-step.  The intent is to share the thought process, why, and then the how to for refactoring. I even toss in some master tips and additional information too.

Come on. Let's have some fun.  It's time to fine-tune your refactoring chops.