Refactoring in Java

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Beyond Code – Mastering Software Architecture

At this point, everything should be crystal clear about why and how to constantly refactor your code; in general, why it’s important to have a clean, readable, and easily maintainable code base. But in today’s development world, it’s highly unlikely that we’ll have just one application, one component; it’s much more realistic to have various components interacting with each other. If it’s true, as it is, that according to Conway’s Law, a company is structured and organized in a way that mirrors its software systems, it’s crucial to have a cohesive yet scalable ecosystem – not just robust but resilient and, frequently mentioned, clean. Because even clean code can lead to epic disasters if interactions ...