Gilding the Rose - Refactoring-Driven Development

Explore refactoring as a powerful tool for understanding, improving, and revealing design choices in code through this conference talk by Kevlin Henney at ACCU 2023. Dive deep into the classic Gilded Rose refactoring kata, progressing from initial business logic to a simplified solution that better fits the problem. Learn about suitable testing methods, question common coding habits, and discover why neither force-fitting object-oriented approaches nor relying solely on procedural refactoring yields optimal results. Gain insights into declarative thinking and how refactoring-driven development can reduce software development pain and churn. Witness the transformation of code through a series of small changes, uncovering new paradigms and ways of thinking about solutions along the way.