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Refactoring in C++: Top Techniques and Best Practices


Whether you’re a seasoned C++ developer or just starting out, refactoring is a key way you can make your code cleaner, more efficient, and easier to maintain. In this article, we’ll review common refa

Reduced technical debt: When you clean up code smells, such as duplication and overly complicated logic, you make it easier to avoid problems down the line. Ongoing accuracy: As code changes, timely renaming aligns names with their actual functionality, making the codebase more intuitive and easier to understand. It’s hard to write tests for code that has excessively long methods and classes, complex conditional logic, tight coupling, and a lack of modularity.

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