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Refactoring: Ruby Edition
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Refactoring: Ruby Edition

by Jay Fields, Shane Harvie, Martin Fowler, Kent Beck
October 2009
Intermediate to advanced
480 pages
9h 59m
English
Addison-Wesley Professional
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Chapter 9. Simplifying Conditional Expressions

Conditional logic has a way of getting tricky, so here are a number of refactorings you can use to simplify it. The core refactoring here is Decompose Conditional, which entails breaking a conditional into pieces. It is important because it separates the switching logic from the details of what happens.

The other refactorings in this chapter involve other important cases. Use Recompose Conditional to use more readable, idiomatic Ruby. Use Consolidate Conditional Expression when you have several tests and all have the same effect. Use Consolidate Duplicate Conditional Fragments to remove any duplication within the conditional code.

If you are working with code developed in a one exit point mentality, ...

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