COMP 281 project completion page

I propose to use this page as a place to record observations and progress. Once I get your code, I can ask for more specifics.

Programming

Comments or questions from the Pragmatic Programmer...

Refactoring

From “Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code,” by Martin Fowler, Kent Beck, John Brant, William Opdyke, and Don Roberts.

Refactoring is the process of changing a software system in such a way that it does not alter the external behavior of the code yet improves its internal structure. It is a disciplined way to clean up code that minimizes the chances of introducing bugs. In essence when you refactor you are improving the design of the code after it has been written.

“Improving the design after it has been written.”

-- JackSnoeyink - 20 May 2005

Data structures

To refactor, start with the data. Ask what objects do we need and what properties we need them to have after the computing is done. (Note that this is not asking what computing steps we do to get those properties; that will come fairly easily once we know the data.)

Data Structure...

Bad smells

Make a list, with examples, of "bad smells" from the Refactoring book that you find in your code.