Scary Refactorings

Franziska Sauerwein

@Singsalad

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The nightmare

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The horrifying start 😨

 public void roll(int roll) {
        System.out.println(players.get(currentPlayer) + " is the current player");
        System.out.println("They have rolled a " + roll);

        if (inPenaltyBox[currentPlayer]) {
            if (roll % 2 != 0) {
                isGettingOutOfPenaltyBox = true;

                System.out.println(players.get(currentPlayer) + " is getting out of the penalty box");
                places[currentPlayer] = places[currentPlayer] + roll;
                if (places[currentPlayer] > 11) places[currentPlayer] = places[currentPlayer] - 12;

                System.out.println(players.get(currentPlayer)
                        + "'s new location is "
                        + places[currentPlayer]);
                System.out.println("The category is " + currentCategory());
                askQuestion();
            } else {
                System.out.println(players.get(currentPlayer) + " is not getting out of the penalty box");
                isGettingOutOfPenaltyBox = false;
            }

        } else {

            places[currentPlayer] = places[currentPlayer] + roll;
            if (places[currentPlayer] > 11) places[currentPlayer] = places[currentPlayer] - 12;

            System.out.println(players.get(currentPlayer)
                    + "'s new location is "
                    + places[currentPlayer]);
            System.out.println("The category is " + currentCategory());
            askQuestion();
        }

    }

Taking some steps

Where are we?

public void executeMove(int roll) {
   print(players.get(currentPlayer) + " is the current player");
   print("They have rolled a " + roll);

   if (inPenaltyBox[currentPlayer]) {
       boolean rollIsOdd = roll % 2 != 0;

       if (rollIsOdd) {
          playerGetsOutOfPenaltyBox();

          moveTheCurrentPlayer(roll);

          askTheNextQuestion();
       } else {
          playerDoesNotGetOutOfPenaltyBox();
       }
   } else {
       moveTheCurrentPlayer(roll);

       askTheNextQuestion();
   }
}

How much effort did we put in?

Let's go back

The Start and Finish Line of the "Inishowen 100" scenic Drive CC-BY-SA Andrew Hurley 

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Why are we doing this?

How did we get here? 😕

 public void roll(int roll) {
        System.out.println(players.get(currentPlayer) + " is the current player");
        System.out.println("They have rolled a " + roll);

        if (inPenaltyBox[currentPlayer]) {
            if (roll % 2 != 0) {
                isGettingOutOfPenaltyBox = true;

                System.out.println(players.get(currentPlayer) + " is getting out of the penalty box");
                places[currentPlayer] = places[currentPlayer] + roll;
                if (places[currentPlayer] > 11) places[currentPlayer] = places[currentPlayer] - 12;

                System.out.println(players.get(currentPlayer)
                        + "'s new location is "
                        + places[currentPlayer]);
                System.out.println("The category is " + currentCategory());
                askQuestion();
            } else {
                System.out.println(players.get(currentPlayer) + " is not getting out of the penalty box");
                isGettingOutOfPenaltyBox = false;
            }

        } else {

            places[currentPlayer] = places[currentPlayer] + roll;
            if (places[currentPlayer] > 11) places[currentPlayer] = places[currentPlayer] - 12;

            System.out.println(players.get(currentPlayer)
                    + "'s new location is "
                    + places[currentPlayer]);
            System.out.println("The category is " + currentCategory());
            askQuestion();
        }

    }

Where do we actually want to end up?

Let the types emerge

But wait - do we actually need it?

@AdiBolboaca: "Legacy code is fear"

http://blog.adrianbolboaca.ro/2015/03/talk-agile-lean-europe-2014-legacy-code-is-fear/

Uncertainty is fear 😧

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