Pro PHP Refactoring [Paperback]

Many businesses and organizations depend on older high-value PHP software that risks abandonment because it is impossible to maintain. The reasons for this may be that the software is not well designed; there is only one developer (the one who created the system) who can develop it because he didnt use common design patterns and documentation; or the code is procedural, not object-oriented. With this book, youll learn to identify problem code and refactor it to create more effective applications using test-driven design.Many businesses and organizations depend on older high-value PHP software that risks abandonment because it is impossible to maintain. The reasons for this may be that the software is not well designed; there is only one developer (the one who created the system) who can develop it because he didn’t use common design patterns and documentation; or the code is procedural, not object-oriented. With this book, you’ll learn to identify problem code and refactor it to create more effective applications using test-driven design.

1. Introduction?
2. Finding Bad Smells in Code??
3. Introduction to Refactoring??
4. Principles and Rules?
5. Test-First Development??
6. Refactoring Tools?
7. Structuring Behavior??
8. Changing Class Responsibilities?
9. Dealing with Data Rationalization??
10. Reducing to Essential Conditional Executions
11. Simplifying Method Calls?
12. Simplifying Generalization Relationships?
13. Legacy Code??
14. Regression Tests??
15. Refactoring with Patterns