Renaming, pushing variables, changing their types, stuff like that. It's still
editing work. Can any IDE split the class into two according to methods'
responsibilities? Can it abstract a set of functions to a single generic
function? Can it get rid of unnecessary boilerplate code scattered around in
various classes? Can it change data structures used to store data?
Because refactoring is about making the code simpler and more flexible.
Rearranging that IDEs do is only a method (and not the only one) to achieve
that.
Because refactoring is about making the code simpler and more flexible. Rearranging that IDEs do is only a method (and not the only one) to achieve that.