What is refactoring? You’d think that, in 2022, we’d have long settled this question already. Yes and no. A Problem I routinely encounter programmers who struggle with refactoring because they become stuck on this central question: I’m making these kinds of code changes (describes example)… am I refactoring? They might arrive at this central question because some well-meaning person has looked at what they’re doing and exclaimed, “That’s not refactoring!” To someone trying har...
