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IDE Support for Refactoring

publish date: 2026/06/24 21:27:38.430590 UTC

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How do interactive development environments such as modern code editors typically support the refactoring process?

They include refactoring support in their editors, making it easier to find dependent parts of a program that need to change

They only support refactoring for systems written in assembly language

They automatically rewrite the entire system architecture without any developer input

They prevent developers from ever modifying code that has already been refactored once

Correct Answer

They include refactoring support in their editors, making it easier to find dependent parts of a program that need to change

Explanation

Interactive development environments usually include refactoring support directly in their editors. This makes it easier to identify dependent parts of a program that must also change when a refactoring transformation, such as renaming a method, is applied.

Reference

Software Engineering, Ian Sommerville, 10th edition

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