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bliki: Definition Of Refactoring

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This article is too short to summarise.

In my refactoring book, I gave a couple of definitions of refactoring.

Refactoring (noun): a change made to the internal structure of software to make it easier to understand and cheaper to modify without changing its observable behavior.

Refactoring (verb): to restructure software by applying a series of refactorings without changing its observable behavior.