Is it possible to avoid enormously big switch in that case? [duplicate]

This question already has answers here: Refactoring Switch Statements and is there any real use for Switch Statements at all? (7 answers) Closed 11 years ago. I’m writing a simple chess-related code with intention to write it clearly (performance doesn’t matter at all). And this method I have doesn’t look clean to me at all: […]

Naming guard clauses that throw exceptions

I have a function evaluate() that parses a String for some variables and replaces them with their corresponding value:

Using the mouse as a multi-tool creates heavy conditional logic for executing commands, how do I change this?

The feature is in many different types of editing programs where a mouse click may have completely different commands to execute (using the Command Pattern)

How do I handle having so many SQL queries?

I have an MVC3 project that uses SQL Server.

Is it a good idea to schedule regular time to clean up code? [closed]

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Should a new class refactored out of an existing one have history pointing back to it’s progenitor

If I split one class into two classes should both classes have history in source control tracing back to the original class that contained both; or should the new class be added as a new file without any history tracing back?

Refactoring expansive message architecture

I am currently working with a system that acts like a message bus. A message comes in to the service (WCF Windows Service hosted). The system then uses a service locator pattern to look up which dynamically loaded assembly will be assigned to the message. The assembly is found and then a method is executed which handles the message. The response is then sent back to the client.

Hating your own code – for good or bad, how do you deal with it? [closed]

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When is it inappropriate to make objects immutable?

I have a class which represents an entity object in our system (for sake of argument, a Customer object)

Evaluating the complete revision of other’s software

I’m having some difficulty to evaluate the revision of a software: the software was paid by customer years ago, never used, and now the customer have noticed that it doesn’t work as expected.