Featured resource
pluralsight tech forecast
2025 Tech Forecast

Which technologies will dominate in 2025? And what skills do you need to keep up?

Check it out
Hamburger Icon
  • Course
    • Libraries: If you want this course, consider one of these libraries.
    • Cloud

Microsoft Azure Developer: Refactoring Code

Building Azure applications that last requires an understanding of software quality and maintainability. In this course, you'll learn how to recognize technical debt in your apps and how to refactor your code without starting from scratch.

Steve Smith - Pluralsight course - Microsoft Azure Developer: Refactoring Code
by Steve Smith

What you'll learn

Businesses increasingly depend on quality Azure applications for critical systems. In this course, Microsoft Azure Developer: Refactoring Code, you will learn that building quality Azure apps requires understanding the principles of software quality and how to recognize "code smells" that indicate potential quality problems. First, you will learn that, when left unchecked, poor quality can accumulate in an app, making it more and more expensive and risky to maintain, until eventually it must be replaced. Next, you will explore the fundamentals of refactoring Azure apps, from principles to recognizing poor quality, to applying concrete approaches, to common problems. Finally, you'll discover how to write better code, faster, so your apps will have fewer defects and will last longer. By the end of this course, you'll know how to refactor code, without starting from scratch.

Table of contents

About the author

Steve Smith - Pluralsight course - Microsoft Azure Developer: Refactoring Code
Steve Smith

Steve Smith (@ardalis) is an entrepreneur and software developer with a passion for building quality software as effectively as possible.

More Courses by Steve