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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.6 / 5.0 
Good for programmers at any level: 
Regardless of whether you adopt each and every one of the recommended practices, this book clearly and concisely presents each concept with simple examples, UML diagrams, and good explanations of the pros and cons of performing each refactoring, as well as when to use them. These are great techniques to add to your toolset as an object-oriented programmer.
Be aware that as defined by the book, refactoring means changing a program without altering the behavior of the program ("Improving the design of... more info
Fantastic resource for developing quality code:
I would have to give 2 thumbs up to Martin Fowler's book on Refactoring. He has addressed so many common refactorings in such a simple and elegant way that many will benefit from his work (as well as the others that helped write this book).
Martin's writing style is very relaxed and sincere. He's entertaining and doesn't complicate things as you can easily find what you need. You can tell he simply wants to make programming teams' lives easier and he has accomplished tenfold. He's not going to tell you... more info
Competent And Influential: 
Fowler's refactoring has become a classic in the field of popular software engineering books. It's a good book that clearly explains the basic ideas of refactoring and develops a standard vocabulary for refactoring; the power of this vocabulary is demonstrated by the development tools like IntelliJ Idea and Eclipse that now incorporate its nomenclature directly to allow rapid automated refactoring. Refactoring together with Test-Driven development, both concepts developed largely by Kent Beck as part of his... more info
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