JS Party: JavaScript, CSS, Web Development

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KBall, Divya, Mikeal, and Feross dig deep into refactoring. When to do it, best practices, things to watch out for, and the difference between a refactor and a rewrite. We then close out with some key pro tips.

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    • Featuring:

    • Kevin Ball – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, X
    • Divya – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, X
    • Feross Aboukhadijeh – Website, GitHub, X
    • Mikeal Rogers – GitHub, X

    Show Notes:

    Refactoring
    • Getting Empirical about Refactoring
    • The Myth of the Software Rewrite
    • git bisect
      • Protips
      • Vimpack
      • The 1 percent rule
      • Mikeal’s Way of Code
      • Toastmasters
        • Other episodes of JS Party that talk about refactoring:
        • #70: Refactoring Script Soup
        • #43: Interviews from JSConf

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