Tip #8 – Extract Class From Parameters

Use: If you find yourself passing a set of related values to a method, you should probably put all of those items into a single class or struct. From JetBrains:

This refactoring creates a new class or struct and converts parameters of the selected method into encapsulated fields of the newly created type (with constructor taking parameters, fields to store values and properties to retrieve values). Usages of parameters are converted to usages of properties of created type.

Before

   1:      public class EmployeeUtilities

   2:      {

   3:          public bool ValidateTerminatedEmployeeInfo(int employeeId

   4:                                                   , string firstName

   5:                                                   , string lastName

   6:                                                   , DateTime hireDate

   7:                                                   , DateTime terminateDate)

   8:          {

   9:              if (employeeId > -1 && 

  10:                  !String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(firstName) && 

  11:                  !String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(lastName) &&

  12:                  hireDate < DateTime.Now && 

  13:                  terminateDate > hireDate)

  14:              {

  15:                  // do awesome stuff

  16:                  return true;

  17:              }

  18:   

  19:              return false;

  20:          }

  21:      }

Right-click the method

Extract Class From Parameters

After

   1:      public class EmployeeInfo

   2:      {

   3:          private int _employeeId;

   4:          private string _firstName;

   5:          private string _lastName;

   6:          private DateTime _hireDate;

   7:          private DateTime _terminateDate;

   8:   

   9:          public EmployeeInfo(int employeeId, string firstName, string lastName, DateTime hireDate, DateTime terminateDate)

  10:          {

  11:              _employeeId = employeeId;

  12:              _firstName = firstName;

  13:              _lastName = lastName;

  14:              _hireDate = hireDate;

  15:              _terminateDate = terminateDate;

  16:          }

  17:   

  18:          public int EmployeeId

  19:          {

  20:              get { return _employeeId; }

  21:          }

  22:   

  23:          public string FirstName

  24:          {

  25:              get { return _firstName; }

  26:          }

  27:   

  28:          public string LastName

  29:          {

  30:              get { return _lastName; }

  31:          }

  32:   

  33:          public DateTime HireDate

  34:          {

  35:              get { return _hireDate; }

  36:          }

  37:   

  38:          public DateTime TerminateDate

  39:          {

  40:              get { return _terminateDate; }

  41:          }

  42:      }

  43:   

  44:      public class EmployeeUtilities

  45:      {

  46:          public bool ValidateTerminatedEmployeeInfo(EmployeeInfo employeeInfo)

  47:          {

  48:              if (employeeInfo.EmployeeId > -1 && 

  49:                  !String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(employeeInfo.FirstName) && 

  50:                  !String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(employeeInfo.LastName) &&

  51:                  employeeInfo.HireDate < DateTime.Now && 

  52:                  employeeInfo.TerminateDate > employeeInfo.HireDate)

  53:              {

  54:                  // do awesome stuff

  55:                  return true;

  56:              }

  57:   

  58:              return false;

  59:          }

  60:      }

Happy coding!

Tip #7 – Move String to Resource

Use: Moves a string into a resource file to enable localization.

Tip: Ensure your project contains at least one Resource (resx) file or the operation will fail.

Before

   1:       public string YouRock()

   2:       {

   3:           return "No, YOU rock Mr. Method-Caller!";

   4:       }

Right-click the string –> Refactor –> Refactor This…

Move to Resource

After

   1:       public string YouRock()

   2:       {

   3:           return StringResources.No_YOU_rock_Mr_Method_Caller;

   4:       }

Happy coding!

Tip #6 – Extract Interface

Use: Creates a new interface based on the selected class and updates the class to implement the new interface. This is most useful when working with an existing code base because we all define our interfaces first when doing greenfield development, right? 

Before

   1:      public class Shooter

   2:      {

   3:          public string Name { get; set; }

   4:   

   5:          public string ReleaseDate { get; set; }

   6:   

   7:          public int MaxPlayers { get; set; }

   8:   

   9:          public bool HasZombies { get; set; }

  10:   

  11:          public bool IsHalo { get; set; }

  12:   

  13:          public void Borrow()

  14:          {

  15:              //TODO: Implement borrow logic.

  16:          }

  17:      }

Right-click the class

Select members

After

   1:      public interface IGame

   2:      {

   3:          string Name { get; set; }

   4:          string ReleaseDate { get; set; }

   5:          int MaxPlayers { get; set; }

   6:          void Borrow();

   7:      }

   8:   

   9:      public class Shooter : IGame

  10:      {

  11:          public string Name { get; set; }

  12:   

  13:          public string ReleaseDate { get; set; }

  14:   

  15:          public int MaxPlayers { get; set; }

  16:   

  17:          public bool HasZombies { get; set; }

  18:   

  19:          public bool IsHalo { get; set; }

  20:   

  21:          public void Borrow()

  22:          {

  23:              //TODO: Implement borrow logic.

  24:          }

  25:      }

Happy coding!

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Tip #5 – Replace Constructor with Factory Method

Use: If an application must control how or when new instances of classes are created, a factory method can achieve this. ReSharper makes it simple to wrap a constructor with a static factory method.

Before

   1:      public class Car

   2:      {

   3:          private IList<IPart> _parts;

   4:   

   5:           public Car(IList<IPart> parts)

   6:           {

   7:               _parts = parts;

   8:           }

   9:      }

Right-click the constructor

Name your method or accept the default

After

   1:      public class Car

   2:      {

   3:          public static Car CreateCar(IList<IPart> parts)

   4:          {

   5:              return new Car(parts);

   6:          }

   7:   

   8:          private IList<IPart> _parts;

   9:   

  10:          private Car(IList<IPart> parts)

  11:           {

  12:               _parts = parts;

  13:           }

  14:      }

Happy coding!

Tip #4 – Convert Abstract Class to Interface

Use: This is used when the class(es) that will be inheriting from a base class also need to inherit from another base class. Derived types can inherit from only one base class but can implement multiple interfaces.

Before

   1:      public abstract class Book

   2:      {

   3:          public abstract string Title { get; set; }

   4:   

   5:          public abstract string Year { get; set; }

   6:   

   7:          public abstract string Author { get; set; }

   8:   

   9:          public abstract void Lend();

  10:   

  11:          public abstract void AddToInventory();

  12:      }

Right-click the class

After

   1:      public interface Book

   2:      {

   3:          string Title { get; set; }

   4:          string Year { get; set; }

   5:          string Author { get; set; }

   6:          void Lend();

   7:          void AddToInventory();

   8:      }

Note: Notice that this refactoring does not change the name of the type. At this point, there will be a squiggly line under the interface’s name, Book. Placing the cursor on Book and pressing <Alt+Enter> will prompt ReSharper to rename it to IBook.

Happy coding!

Tip #1 – To Automatic Property

Use: If a public property does not contain any logic, it can be converted to an auto-property, removing the corresponding private field and replacing usages of the private field.

Before

   1:          private string _name;

   2:          public string Name

   3:          {

   4:              get { return _name; }

   5:              set { _name = value; }

   6:          }

   7:   

   8:          public void CheckName()

   9:          {

  10:              if (_name == "Dark Side of the Moon")

  11:                  Console.WriteLine("Awesome");

  12:          }

Place your cursor on the Name property and…

Press <Alt-Enter>

After

   1:          public string Name { get; set; }

   2:   

   3:          public void CheckName()

   4:          {

   5:              if (Name == "Dark Side of the Moon")

   6:                  Console.WriteLine("Awesome");

   7:          }

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Community / Events

• Road Trip with Carl Franklin and Richard Campbell (Al Pascual)
• Coders Go the (Long) Distance for Imagine Cup (Lukas Velush)
• Great Indian Developer Summit Wrap-Up (Stephen Forte)

Database

• SQL Server 2008 R2 Books OnLine – available now… (Dukagjin Maloku)
• A DMV a Day – Day 26 (Glenn Berry)
• A SQL Server DBA myth a day: (25/30) fill factor (Paul S. Randal)
• Debugging 64 bit SSIS packages (Denis Gobo)

SharePoint

• SharePoint Forums in SharePoint 2010 (Lightning Tools)
• SharePoint PowerShell Forum (Dmitry Sotnikov)

Miscellaneous

• The Plug Computer (Mike Ceranski)
• Daily Dose – Android Market Reaches 50k Apps; Development Accelerates (Mitch Pronschinske)
• Word 2010 Navigation Pane and more and Outlook 2010 – My Top 9 features (Daniel Moth)
• Human Computer Interaction, A Portal to the Future (Hui MA)
• Job Hoppers Redux: An Employee’s Perspective (Mark Suster)

More Link Collections

• Windows Client Developer Roundup for 4/26/2010 (Pete Brown)
• Interesting Finds: April 26, 2010 (Jason Haley)
• The Morning Brew #587 (Chris Alcock)
• Daily Cloud Feed – Apr 25, 2010 (Jian Zhen)
• Silverlight Cream for April 25, 2010 — #847 (Dave Campbell)
• Weekly Link Post 142 (Rhonda Tipton)
• Everyman on Putting Facebook Last, Next Killer Mobile App, Worker or Entrepreneur (Dave Burke)

The Geek Shelf

IronRuby in Action