Refactoring Support in Cevelop
In the last days, I’ve played around with Cevelop a bit, mainly interested in the refactoring capabilities it offers.
Arne Mertz
Code Smells – a Short List
Code smells are indicators that there might be something afoul in our code. Here is a list of some of the most important smells.
Approaching an Unknown Code Base
I recently got an email, asking me how I approach an unknown code base. Here’s an answer.
Taking Notes About Work in Progress
Whenever you start something that will be “work in progress” for some time, take some sufficiently detailed notes.
Generated Code
Last week I have touched source file organization of generated code. Today I’ll share some thoughts on testability of code when a part of it is generated.
Source File Organization for C++ Projects Part 3: Dependent Repositories and Generated Code
It’s time to write about project file organization again (See part 1 and part 2). Recently I came across two cases of confusion concerning dependencies and generated code that, in […]
What’s Ubiquitous Language and Why You Should Care
The most important term I learned in the past months is “Ubiquitous Language”: speak the language of your domain everywhere.
reinterpret_cast vs. constant expression
Dipping my toes into a new project, I got a bunch of ugly warnings about a ton of C-casts inside a macro definition. Trying to get away from them was […]
Basic Refactoring Steps
Every refactoring can be composed of a set of simple basic steps. Knowing these basic refactoring steps is crucial when we want to continuously compile and test during the refactoring.
Modern C++ Features – Class Template Argument Deduction
With C++17, we get class template argument deduction. It is based on template argument deduction for function templates and allows us to get rid of the need for clumsy make_XXX […]