> Perhaps you could name this mysterious IDE Is it just you, or does everyone using eclipse take "what eclipse does" to be refactoring? I didn't mention IDE e

> Perhaps you could name this mysterious IDE Is it just you, or does everyone using eclipse take "what eclipse does" to be refactoring? I didn't mention IDE even once. A small part of refactoring can be done by eclipse. Rest of it is to be done by the programmer. I am not a Fowlerian, but this is the only reference I could find. http://www.refactoring.com/catalog/index.html http://www.refactoring.com/catalog/index.html Eclipse helps with a small subset - rest has to be done by the programmer. And most of it is easier to do in Ruby than in Java. Compare the ruby edition http://www.amazon.com/Refactoring-Ruby-Edition-Jay-Fields/dp/0321603508 http://www.amazon.com/Refactoring-Ruby-Edition-Jay-Fields/dp... to the java edition http://www.amazon.com/Refactoring-Improving-Design-Existing-Code/dp/0201485672 http://www.amazon.com/Refactoring-Improving-Design-Existing-... On an average, ruby code ends up easier to modify and concise.