Developer Express Refactor is a seriously cool tool!

Posted Friday, September 29, 2006 4:03 PM by Maurice
I just love Refactor :-)
 
Some of my favorite refactoring options are:
  • Move Type to File
    Sometimes I am just plain lazy and create a new type in the same source file as an already existing one. Only later I need to clean up and move it to a separate file. I used to do so with cut and paste but no longer :-)
  • Rename Local
    Renaming a local variable, or a field for that matter, becomes a breeze. And best of all you don't need to go to the declaration, you can do it at any place the variable is used.
  • Optimize Namespace References
    This removes unneeded namespace references at the top of the source file. While I like this a lot it needs to be improved just a bit because it sometimes misses a place a namespace is used :-(. And one thing I would like to see it do is sort the namespace references as well. Still very useful :-)
 
Below a small demonstration of how these refactorings can be used.
 
 
 
Enjoy!
 
Maurice de Beijer
 
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# re: Developer Express Refactor is a seriously cool tool!

Thursday, October 05, 2006 9:32 AM by Mark

What did you use to create the cool image?

# re: Developer Express Refactor is a seriously cool tool!

Monday, October 09, 2006 2:20 AM by Maurice

Hi Mark,

I used Camtasia to record the actions and generate a animated gif. See http://www.techsmith.com/

Maurice

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