Summary
Throughout this chapter, we explored refactoring by taking a class with a bit of complexity and applied targeted refactorings to make it easier to read, maintain, and expand.
We went from a modestly complex class to a relatively simple one by following a set of repeatable actions that transformed the code from one form to another without changing its overall behavior or result.
Although Visual Studio supports very capable refactoring tools, it is up to you as an experienced developer to know when you might want to apply each individual refactoring, based on the current level of complexity of your code and the code smells you’re observing.
Over the next three chapters, we’ll explore the built-in refactorings in more depth by exploring refactorings related to methods, classes, and individual lines of code.
