--- title: "Some cool refactoring examples, and what seems to be a lovely book" url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2004/7/22/some-cool-refactoring-examples-and-what-seems-to-be-a-lovely.md" canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2004/7/22/some-cool-refactoring-examples-and-what-seems-to-be-a-lovely.html" published: "2004-07-22T21:25:00" updated: "2004-07-22T21:25:00" tags: ["Agile Related"] author: "Roy Osherove" description: "Just found this great set of refactoring patterns with examples . The examples are taken from the book “ Refactoring to patterns “ which seems like its worth a read. There is some stuff there that I did not hear or read…" usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)." license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" --- # Some cool refactoring examples, and what seems to be a lovely book By Roy Osherove July 22, 2004 In [Agile Related](https://osherove.com/blog/category/agile-related) **Historical article** · Originally published July 22, 2004; technical details may be outdated. Just found this great set of [refactoring patterns with examples](http://www.industriallogic.com/xp/refactoring/catalog.html). The examples are taken from the book “[Refactoring to patterns](https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0321213351/iserializable-20)“ which seems like its worth a read. There is some stuff there that I did not hear or read about or thought about as a refactoring pattern but totally made sense once I read it ([constructor chaining](http://www.industriallogic.com/xp/refactoring/chainConstructors.html), for example). I think it deviates from the [classic refactoring book](https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0201485672/iserializable-20) to a nice angle - it talks about refactoring your code into distinguishable design patterns, not just removing duplication or bettering readability. I like this notion. although it may seem a bit complicated for those who have no experience with design patterns (to which I recommend heartily [this mind opening classic](https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0201633612/iserializable-20)  book). Very cool to be able to point people at this URL to explain what I'm talking about when I say “Refactoring” and people start staring at me. I think this book might be a compliment to the classic that is [Refactoring](https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0201485672/iserializable-20) by fowler - and to the design patterns one as well (yes- you need all three is what I think!). Anyway, this was found via [this blog](http://www.netacademia.net/blogspace/petert/archives/001579.html), which I have no idea what language it is written in, I just found it in my referrer logs. see? track back rocks :) ## More in Agile Related [All posts in Agile Related](https://osherove.com/blog/category/agile-related) - Jul 29, 2004 ### [TDD workshop in Atlanta, Georgia - are you up to it?](https://osherove.com/blog/2004/7/29/tdd-workshop-in-atlanta-georgia-are-you-up-to-it.html) - Jul 29, 2004 ### [TDD workshop went well - ready for the next one?](https://osherove.com/blog/2004/7/29/tdd-workshop-went-well-ready-for-the-next-one.html) - Jul 22, 2004 ### [NUnit 2.2 beta 3 has been released - and some questions](https://osherove.com/blog/2004/7/22/nunit-22-beta-3-has-been-released-and-some-questions.html) - Jul 22, 2004 ### [MbUnit 2.17 released - with the cool database attributes I talked about](https://osherove.com/blog/2004/7/22/mbunit-217-released-with-the-cool-database-attributes-i-talk.html) --- ## About the author **Roy Osherove**: Senior Solutions Architect at AWS working on AI for production and AI-driven development; author of The Art of Unit Testing and Elastic Leadership, with about 20 years of consulting and training on unit testing, TDD, team leadership and continuous delivery. ### Sites - [RobotPaper](https://robotpaper.ai/): This blog: AI patterns and anti-patterns, AI and coding agents, and engineering leadership. - [osherove.com](https://osherove.com): Roy's personal site. 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