I agree with most of what Joe has said. But I love IDEs with features that help me with refactoring. That doesn't seem to be a dangerous shortcut to me. Grant

I agree with most of what Joe has said. But I love IDEs with features that help me with refactoring. That doesn't seem to be a dangerous shortcut to me. Granted, by the time you know what refactoring even means AND you know that you should do it, you most probably already know a thing or two about programming, but hey.