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On 22 Sep 2004 19:13:34 -0400, Stephen Leake <stephen_leake@acm.org> wrote:

> What are the features of a "refactoring editor" that Emacs + GNAT
> lack?
>
> Is there a good summary/intro to a "refactoring editor" somewhere?
>


The idea behind a refactoring editor is that it automates ways you might  
want to reorganize code to make it cleaner, or more flexible.  This would  
include moving declarations, combining common code fragments, and similar  
transformations on your code base.  It's really a great kind of tool in  
that it assists developers in common tasks while helping to avoid missing  
changes that need to be made for such an operation to be safe.

A good reference on refactoring is Martin Fowler's "Refactoring"  ;-)

It goes into the philosophy behind it, enumerates common kinds of  
refactorings, and discusses tool support, as well as providing a number of  
good references.

Like a like of the components of "agile methods", the subject material is  
about something all of us do after some experience developing software,  
but the book reframes its importance and provides a lot of guidance about  
how to do it effectively.


- Ed