Software Code Refactoring: A Comprehensive Review

The complexity of software has increased because of the development as well as the difficulty of requirements during the development of software, or to add new features that eventually lead to reduce the quality of the software as a whole. Software refactoring can be defined as included processes in...

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Published in:	مجلة التربية والعلم
Main Authors:	hiba Al-shakarjy, Dujan Basheer Taha
Format:	Article
Language:	Arabic
Published:	College of Education for Pure Sciences 2023-03-01
Subjects:	refactoring,, ,،,؛software development,, ,،,؛code smell
Online Access:	https://edusj.mosuljournals.com/article_177130_26fc1b19cfed3c099d7052cbd5314720.pdf

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