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The Secrets of Successful Refactoring

on YouTube 36m
TalkinRussianat JS Conf Armenia 2021 · on Saturday, 2021-10-23· [developer-experience]

speaker

name:Illya Klymov
website:https://xanf.me

resources

video:https://youtu.be/fltMJdFlh-M
slides:none on file

summary

Presents evidence from GitLab that successful refactoring relies on clear ownership (one individual owner per refactor), persistent notifications and documentation, plus automation. Describes using jscodeshift and ts-morph for large automated codemods that convert ~80–85% of sites with ~15% needing manual fixes, and using ESLint rules and test/automation gates to prevent regressions and increase completion rates beyond the typical 30–40% finished within two years.

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chapters (15)

  1. 0:00Introduction
  2. 3:18Refactoring stalls
  3. 6:25What refactoring is
  4. 10:23Murphy’s Law for refactoring
  5. 13:38Organizing refactoring
  6. 15:47Selling refactoring
  7. 17:53Convincing programmers
  8. 18:56Automated refactoring checks
  9. 20:05Mediocre code
  10. 24:25Tricky refactorings
  11. 27:14Breaking down tasks
  12. 27:57Architectural refactoring
  13. 30:18Q&A
  14. 31:43Q&A
  15. 33:30Q&A

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