I think that most days, code remodeler would be the right job title for a lot of us. We take working code and just make it better working code.

The book that got me started thinking of myself as a ‘code remodeler’ is Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code by Martin Fowler.

If you haven’t read it, go get it quick! (Of course, and then read it…) Fowler lays out refactoring techniques in a straightforward way. You can start applying it immediately. I use Replace magic number with symbolic constant and Extract Method almost every day when I am helping a team with an older codebase.

Thanks for stopping by, and happy coding,

-Jim