{"id":3021,"date":"2023-02-23T17:26:28","date_gmt":"2023-02-23T21:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.wholetomato.com\/?p=3021"},"modified":"2026-08-01T05:06:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T09:06:02","slug":"c-refactoring-tips-and-tricks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wholetomato.com\/blog\/c-refactoring-tips-and-tricks\/","title":{"rendered":"C++ Refactoring Tips And Tricks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>TL;DR<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Refactoring C++ means restructuring an existing code, improving its design without changing its functionality. makes code easier to understand, maintain and extend, and reduces bugs, technical debt and performance issues. Refactoring is done to improve code that is difficult to read, duplicate logic, slow running software, and buggy software. These include writing automated tests before refactoring, making small incremental changes, adhering to coding standards and not developing features whilst refactoring. Tools like Visual Assist can ease the refactoring process in Visual Studio by simplifying the steps for renaming symbols, extracting methods, changing method signatures, moving implementations, encapsulating fields, and identifying code quality issues through automated inspections.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In the world of software development, features are constantly updated and new functionality is continuously added. Gradually, keeping up with the latest and best coding standards becomes complex. This slows can slow down operations and affect how code is maintained and updated. The act of maintaining and modernizing code is done through a process called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wholetomato.com\/features\/feature-refactoring\/\">code refactoring<\/a>. In this article, we will talk about C++ refactoring and how it helps improve <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wholetomato.com\/blog\/2022\/05\/17\/12-helpful-tips-for-doing-visual-studio-productivity\/\">Visual Studio productivity<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>What Is C++ Refactoring?<\/h2>\n<p>Refactoring is the process of improving or updating existing code without changing the functionality of the program. In the process of refactoring, you can improve the design, structure, and implementation of the software, and clean up unnecessary dependencies, code duplications, and other types of confusion.<\/p>\n<p>In software development, development teams are constantly extending the code and adding new functionalities. Over time, the quality of the code can deteriorate, which causes difficulties in its understanding and the occurrence of errors. Code refactoring makes it possible to improve the readability of the code, simplify it, create a modern architecture, simplify the maintenance process, and reduce the number of errors.<\/p>\n<h2>What Are The Advantages Of C++ Refactoring?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Making code easier to understand and analyze.<\/li>\n<li>Simplifying the addition of new functionality to software results in increased development efficiency.<\/li>\n<li>Improvement of software architecture.<\/li>\n<li>Optimizing resource usage.<\/li>\n<li>Increased security.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wholetomato.com\/blog\/2023\/01\/17\/level-up-your-c-productivity-using-visual-studio-extensions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Productivity improvement<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Simplifying the process of finding and fixing errors.<\/li>\n<li>Reducing the number of errors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>When Should We Start Refactoring A Code?<\/h2>\n<p>For effective refactoring, the developers must be familiar with the code. In addition, to avoid errors in the refactoring process, it is important to have sufficient code coverage with automated tests.<\/p>\n<p>You should think about code refactoring in the following cases:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The code is hard to understand.<\/strong> In this case, the process of updating the code and finding errors becomes longer, and it is possible to create duplicates, unnecessary dependencies, and even more complexity of the code.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Software slowdown.<\/strong> When the code is complex and has many dependencies, it can slow down the software. This leads to dissatisfaction among end users who may refuse to use it.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The presence of a large number of errors in the code.<\/strong> If the code is complex and confusing, the debugging process becomes much more difficult. Fixing one error may cause others to appear. To avoid this, it is important to refactor the code to simplify it as much as possible.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Code duplication.<\/strong> Each element of the program must be unique. If there are duplications in the code, it increases the time to read it and makes it difficult to understand, as well as increases the probability of errors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What Are C++ Refactoring Best Practices?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Before refactoring, it is important to cover the code with automated tests.<\/li>\n<li>Refactor incrementally, making small changes to the code while keeping the program in a working state.<\/li>\n<li>Separate the processes of refactoring and creation of new functionality. No new features should be added during refactoring.<\/li>\n<li>The result of refactoring should be simpler and more understandable code.<\/li>\n<li>For testing a few refactoring iterations, use not only unit tests but manual testing too.<\/li>\n<li>Follow the coding standard used by your company.<\/li>\n<li>Remove deprecated code such as dynamic exception specification.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>How To Refactor Code Easily?<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wholetomato.com\/blog\/2023\/02\/15\/visual-assist-2023-1-released\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Visual Assist<\/a> is a productivity extension for Visual Studio that provides advanced code refactoring tools, quick navigation, rendering, correction, code maintenance, and code inspection functions. Using the Visual Assist C++ extension, you can easily improve code readability, simplify it, and fix broken code. You can refactor separate class or several dependent classes simultaneously.<\/p>\n<h3>How To Access Refactoring Commands?<\/h3>\n<p>You can access the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wholetomato.com\/features\/feature-refactoring\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">refactoring<\/a> commands in several ways:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Go to the desired symbol and open the context-sensitive quick action and refactoring menu using the <strong>Shift+Alt+Q<\/strong> short keys.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/contextAwareRefactoringMenu.png?w=1140&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"C++ Refactoring Tips And Tricks\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Use the context menu of the text editor to open a complete list of refactoring commands.<\/li>\n<li>Place the cursor over the desired symbol to display the icon, then click the icon to open the context menu.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/displayRefactoringMenu.png?w=1140&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"C++ Refactoring Tips And Tricks\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>How To Change The Signature Of A Method?<\/h3>\n<p>Visual Assist allows you to change the method name, return type, visibility, names, types, number, and order of parameters in a simple dialog box. Automatic signature change is possible in all inherited and overridden methods, as well as in all method references.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/changeSignature.png?w=1140&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"C++ Refactoring Tips And Tricks\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>How To Encapsulate The Field?<\/h3>\n<p>With Visual Assist, you can create accessors to a member field by encapsulating the field. Accessories are created and assigned automatically. You can create accessor methods next to the declaration in the header file and can stay in the header file or implement them in the source file.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/encapsulateField.png?w=1140&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"C++ Refactoring Tips And Tricks\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>How To Extract The Method?<\/h3>\n<p>You can quickly simplify long methods and make them easier to read and understand. To do this, highlight the required code segment and call the <strong>Extract Method<\/strong> refactoring. Visual Assist automatically detects the method signature, moves the selected code segment into the new method, and replaces the segment with a call to the new method.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/extractMethodDialog.png?w=1140&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"C++ Refactoring Tips And Tricks\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>How To Move Implementation?<\/h3>\n<p>In C\/C++, you can easily move a method implementation from the source to the header file and vice versa. To do this, select the desired method, call up the refactoring context menu, and select the move command.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/moveImplToClassMenu.png?w=1140&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"C++ Refactoring Tips And Tricks\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In addition, it is possible to move all methods from the header file to the source file in one operation. To do this, call the move command from the class name. This will bring up a dialog where you can select the methods you want to move.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/moveImplementationsDialog.png?w=1140&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"C++ Refactoring Tips And Tricks\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>How To Rename?<\/h3>\n<p>Visual Assist provides the ability to quickly and accurately rename symbol definitions and declarations, all references to them, and occurrences in comments and lines in the active project and throughout the solution. You can rename classes, enums, fields, macros, methods, method parameters, and variables. To do this, choose <strong>Rename<\/strong> from the refactoring menu, specify a new name, and use the preview to determine which occurrences of the symbol need to be renamed.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/rename.png?w=1140&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"C++ Refactoring Tips And Tricks\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You can also rename the document and related files without breaking the build. Visual Assist automatically updates files, projects, and solutions and then propagates the renames through source control systems that integrate with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wholetomato.com\/blog\/2023\/02\/17\/solving-the-most-common-visual-studio-c-pain-points\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Microsoft Visual Studio<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>How to automatically inspect your code?<\/h3>\n<p>Visual Assist provides a function to check the code for certain quality issues based on <a href=\"https:\/\/clang.llvm.org\/extra\/clang-tidy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">LLVM Clang tidy<\/a>. It diagnoses and corrects common programming errors, such as style violations, misuse of the interface, and errors that can be detected by static analysis. The code inspection function runs in a process separate from the Visual Studio process. This avoids reducing IDE performance.<\/p>\n<p>Enable code inspection in the Visual Assist options to highlight code issues in the Visual Studio text editor. Code inspections will appear as a blue line on the line where an issue is found. You can click on this to accept the suggestion. You can also scan an entire file and make batch edits.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ciOptionEnable.png?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3091\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wholetomato.com\/blog\/c-refactoring-tips-and-tricks\/cioptionenable-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ciOptionEnable.png?fit=651%2C223&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"651,223\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ciOptionEnable\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ciOptionEnable.png?fit=300%2C103&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ciOptionEnable.png?fit=651%2C223&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3091 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ciOptionEnable.png?resize=651%2C223&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"C++ Refactoring Tips And Tricks\" width=\"651\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ciOptionEnable.png?w=651&amp;ssl=1 651w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ciOptionEnable.png?resize=300%2C103&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ciOptionEnable.png?resize=360%2C123&amp;ssl=1 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 651px) 100vw, 651px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here are some of the code inspection checks available in Visual Assist. If you want the complete list, head on over the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wholetomato.com\/blog\/?p=3021&amp;preview=true&amp;preview_id=3021&amp;preview_nonce=a29d180f24&amp;post_format=standard&amp;_thumbnail_id=2334\">list of code inspections<\/a>.<\/p>\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"middle\"><span style=\"color: #343434; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;\">Code Inspection<\/span><\/td>\n<td valign=\"middle\"><span style=\"color: #343434; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;\">LLVM\/Clang Equivalent<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #343434; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;\">and Documentation<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"middle\"><span style=\"color: #343434; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: small;\">Calling std::move() when it is not needed<\/span><\/td>\n<td valign=\"middle\"><span style=\"color: #2c527b; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/clang.llvm.org\/extra\/clang-tidy\/checks\/performance-move-const-arg.html\"><u>performance-move-const-arg<\/u><u><\/u><\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"middle\"><span style=\"color: #343434; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: small;\">Check emptiness with empty() instead of size()<\/span><\/td>\n<td valign=\"middle\"><span style=\"color: #2c527b; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/clang.llvm.org\/extra\/clang-tidy\/checks\/readability-container-size-empty.html\"><u>readability-container-size-empty<\/u><u><\/u><\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"middle\"><span style=\"color: #343434; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: small;\">Constructor of shared_pointer can be replaced with make_shared<\/span><\/td>\n<td valign=\"middle\"><span style=\"color: #2c527b; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: small;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/clang.llvm.org\/extra\/clang-tidy\/checks\/modernize-make-shared.html\"><u>modernize-make-shared<\/u><u><\/u><\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"middle\"><span style=\"color: #343434; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: small;\">Constructor of unique_ptr can be replaced with make_unique<\/span><\/td>\n<td valign=\"middle\"><span style=\"color: #2c527b; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: small;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/clang.llvm.org\/extra\/clang-tidy\/checks\/modernize-make-unique.html\"><u>modernize-make-unique<\/u><u><\/u><\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"middle\"><span style=\"color: #343434; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: small;\">Escaped string literal can be written as raw string literal<\/span><\/td>\n<td valign=\"middle\"><span style=\"color: #2c527b; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/clang.llvm.org\/extra\/clang-tidy\/checks\/modernize-raw-string-literal.html\"><u>modernize-raw-string-literal<\/u><u><\/u><\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"middle\"><span style=\"color: #343434; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: small;\">Find bug-prone usage of string comparison functions<\/span><\/td>\n<td valign=\"middle\"><span style=\"color: #2c527b; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/clang.llvm.org\/extra\/clang-tidy\/checks\/bugprone-suspicious-string-compare.html\"><u>bugprone-suspicious-string-compare<\/u><u><\/u><\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"middle\"><span style=\"color: #343434; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: small;\">Find manually-defined constructor definitions that do not initialize all fields<\/span><\/td>\n<td valign=\"middle\"><span style=\"color: #2c527b; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/releases.llvm.org\/10.0.0\/tools\/clang\/tools\/extra\/docs\/clang-tidy\/checks\/cppcoreguidelines-pro-type-member-init.html\"><u>cppcoreguidelines-pro-type-member-init<\/u><u><\/u><\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2><b>Frequently Asked Questions About C++ Refactoring<\/b><\/h2>\n<h3><b>What is C++ refactoring?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">C++ refactoring is the process of restructuring existing source code without changing how the software behaves. Its goal is to improve readability, maintainability, performance, and overall code quality while reducing technical debt.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Why is code refactoring important in C++?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Refactoring helps developers simplify complex code, eliminate duplication, improve software architecture, and make future enhancements easier. Well-refactored C++ code is also easier to debug, test, and maintain over time.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>When should you refactor C++ code?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You should consider refactoring when code becomes difficult to understand, contains duplicate logic, introduces frequent bugs, performs poorly, or is difficult to extend with new functionality.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>What are the best practices for C++ refactoring?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Successful refactoring typically involves writing automated tests before making changes, working in small incremental steps, avoiding new feature development during refactoring, following coding standards, and continuously verifying that the application&#8217;s behavior remains unchanged.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Which refactoring operations does Visual Assist support?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Visual Assist supports many common C++ refactoring operations, including Rename, Extract Method, Change Signature, Move Implementation, Encapsulate Field, and automated code inspections that help identify code quality improvements.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Can Visual Assist safely rename symbols across an entire solution?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yes. Visual Assist can rename classes, methods, variables, enums, macros, parameters, and other symbols throughout an entire Visual Studio solution while updating references to help avoid broken code.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>How does Visual Assist improve code quality?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Visual Assist includes automated code inspections based on LLVM Clang-Tidy checks. These inspections help identify common programming mistakes, modern C++ improvements, style issues, and potential bugs without significantly impacting Visual Studio performance.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Does refactoring improve application performance?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not always. The primary purpose of refactoring is to improve code structure and maintainability. While cleaner code can sometimes lead to performance improvements, any optimization should be measured and validated separately.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Is refactoring the same as rewriting code?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No. Refactoring improves the internal structure of existing code while preserving its external behavior. Rewriting replaces all or large portions of the implementation, often introducing greater cost and risk.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>How often should developers refactor their code?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Refactoring works best as an ongoing practice rather than a one-time project. Making small, continuous improvements during regular development helps prevent technical debt from accumulating and keeps codebases easier to maintain.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Are you interested in how to improve developer productivity in Visual Studio using Visual Assist and C++ refactoring? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wholetomato.com\/downloads\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download a free trial of Visual Assist<\/a> today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TL;DR Refactoring C++ means restructuring an existing code, improving its design without changing its functionality. makes code easier to understand, maintain and extend, and reduces bugs, technical debt and performance issues. 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