In Eclipse, mostly with Alt+Shift+R (global rename symbol under cursor). I don't worry, because xUnit's got my back. I hear your concerns about the quality.

In Eclipse, mostly with Alt+Shift+R (global rename symbol under cursor). I don't worry, because xUnit's got my back. I hear your concerns about the quality. I wouldn't be so bold about refactoring without unit tests to fall back on. Btw, for those put off by the term "Test-Driven Development", its really the "bottom-up programming" you'd do in the more dynamic-languages. That's my take on it anyway.