I've been considering reading Fowler's Refactoring book, but I haven't written Java in 10 years. Is the book accessible to someone with minimal Java knowledge?
Certainly! I've never written a line of Java but I had no trouble following the examples in the book. The naming of variables, methods, etc. makes for easy reading without any Java knowledge. You just need to be able to identify a class and the public/private members and variables. That isn't a problem in Java.
Overall, I found that the book taught me a lot about looking for deficiencies in my own designs or what to look out for when weaving new functionality into an existing software project.
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I've been considering reading Fowler's Refactoring book, but I haven't written Java in 10 years. Is the book accessible to someone with minimal Java knowledge?
Certainly! I've never written a line of Java but I had no trouble following the examples in the book. The naming of variables, methods, etc. makes for easy reading without any Java knowledge. You just need to be able to identify a class and the public/private members and variables. That isn't a problem in Java.
Overall, I found that the book taught me a lot about looking for deficiencies in my own designs or what to look out for when weaving new functionality into an existing software project.