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Clean Code in C#

You're reading from   Clean Code in C# Refactor your legacy C# code base and improve application performance by applying best practices

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781838982973
Length 500 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Jason Alls Jason Alls
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Table of Contents (17) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Coding Standards and Principles in C# 2. Code Review – Process and Importance FREE CHAPTER 3. Classes, Objects, and Data Structures 4. Writing Clean Functions 5. Exception Handling 6. Unit Testing 7. End-to-End System Testing 8. Threading and Concurrency 9. Designing and Developing APIs 10. Securing APIs with API Keys and Azure Key Vault 11. Addressing Cross-Cutting Concerns 12. Using Tools to Improve Code Quality 13. Refactoring C# Code – Identifying Code Smells 14. Refactoring C# Code – Implementing Design Patterns 15. Assessments 16. Other Books You May Enjoy

Application-level code smells

Application-level code smells are problem code scattered through the application and affect every layer. No matter what layer of the software you find yourself in, you will see the same problematic code appearing over and over again. If you don't address these issues now, then you will find that your software will start to die a slow and agonizing death.

In this section, we will look at the application-level code smells and how we can remove them. Let's start with Boolean blindness.

Boolean blindness

Boolean data blindness refers to the information loss as determined by functions that work on Boolean values. Using a better structure provides better interfaces and classes that keep data, making for a more pleasant experience in working with data.

Let's look at the problem of Boolean blindness via this code sample:

public void BookConcert(string concert, bool standing)
{
if (standing)
{
...
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