On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 4:33 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves <law...@au-kbc.org> wrote:
> hi, > > I know that this has cropped up in a parallel thread, but anyway I would > like a new thread on this. In a LUG list a ruby guy made a statement > that 'No self respecting developer could function without having read > the refactoring book'. How relevant is this to python? I do not see much > except years ago something called bicycle repair man - is that still > used? or is this whole thing buzz? > I have read the book in parts and have used the some of the practices/techniques mentioned in the book during working with Java. While the focus of the book is much toward object oriented development (and it uses Java for code examples) I think some of the practices the book refers could be relevant to Python development as well. Some of the techniques(say rename method[1], parametrize method [2] etc.) are good software development practices which IMHO would be relevant across wide array of programming languages. May be a good developer could think of some of these techniques on his own or become familiar of those practices through other sources, but what the book provides a catalog of such good practices. So reading or skimming through that book and adapting some of the practices would help one to write better code. However the statement "reading the book is must for a self respecting developer" seems to me a strongly opinionated one. In case if you are looking for a refactoring library for Python take a look at Rope[3]. I have used the emacs plugin for Rope for some minor refactorings (like renaming a method) and found it useful. 1. http://www.refactoring.com/catalog/renameMethod.html 2. http://www.refactoring.com/catalog/parameterizeMethod.html 3. http://rope.sourceforge.net/ regards, sateesh _______________________________________________ BangPypers mailing list BangPypers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers
