ANALYZING REFACTORING TRENDS AND PRACTICES IN THE SOFTWARE INDUSTRY

Abstract

Most of the developers in the software industry though have some instinctive capacity to refactor but the true expertise of this skill is rarely found in real time software development. Thus it is significant to discern the reasons as to how prevalent are the refactoring practices in reality are and what are the major factors impacting its role and adoption in software development. This paper explores the actual implementation of refactoring practices in software industry by taking inputs from the software professionals working in different projects and companies. This exploration is basically required to assess the gap between research practices and Industrial norms. The paper also tries to probe the consequences in software development in the absence of refactoring, what are the code rejuvenation practices adopted by the professionals when not refactoring or due to non familiarity or lack of expertise in the area.