Technical debt grows with the size of any software project. Without refactoring it will eventually fail, thus refactoring may be considered an essential skill of any professional software engineer. In this course, Java Refactoring: Best Practices, you will learn how to efficiently refactor and produce cleaner software. First, you will see what code smells are, and why they are bad for your codebase. Then, you will explore how to recognize and refactor them using a variety of techniques to achieve cleaner and more maintainable code. Finally, you will discover the most important principles that apply to refactoring and clean code. By the end of this course, you will have the necessary skills to convert a mess into flexible and robust software, one line at a time.
Author Name: Andrejs Doronins
Author Description:
With over 10 years of industry experience, Andrejs is a seasoned tester and test automation professional. His capabilities span from hands-on test automation of UI and Web API layers to handling message-driven architectures. Additionally, he has proven experience in guiding and coordinating teams of testers to formulate comprehensive test plans and cases.

Table of Contents

• Course Overview
  1min
• Why Refactoring Matters
  10mins
• Splitting Bloaters
  33mins
• Fixing Object-oriented Abusers
  26mins
• Dealing with Change Preventers
  14mins
• Refactoring Couplers
  19mins
• Removing Dispensables
  12mins
• Refactoring Tips and Principles
  9mins