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There is a famous Boy Scout rule that states: "Always leave the campground cleaner than you found it." As software developers we want to adopt a similar rule, except we're dealing with code, not campgrounds. In programming, this process is known as "refactoring," and we'll refactor our code using some handy tools built into the IDE.
Things to Consider
- DRY (Don't Repeat Yourself) and other tips from The Pragmatic Programmer
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SOLID Principles of Object-Oriented Programming:
- S: Single Responsibility Principle
- O: Open/Closed Principle
- L: Liskov Substitution Principle
- I: Interface Segregation Principle
- D: Dependency Inversion Principle
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