[MonoDevelop] Refactoring menu

Jacob Ilsø Christensen jacobilsoe at gmail.com
Sat Dec 2 05:03:36 EST 2006


On 12/2/06, Paulo Aboim Pinto <esqueleto at tusofona.com> wrote:
>
> > Yes, I know of those features and would LOVE to have them in
> > MonoDevelop, but I do not have that much time I am afraid. So I start
> > out in the small and then we can build on other refactorings over
> > time. Maybe you want to help out? :-)
>
> Of course I can help. Right now I don't have too much time, because I
> have some project that I have to deliver. I can help giving input and
> maybe developing some documentation, white papers, etc.

That sounds good.

> Giving help with developing will not a good thought because I will need
> too much atention from someone to explain things.
>
> Until now I use Linux as Desktop Station, now I using too as Develop Box
> and that's because I giving this many inputs in the last weeks.
>
> Other thing. I don't have yet the methodology of work that you have. I
> don't know how can I debug easy the application because I don't
> dominate the platform (MonoDevelop) to use and the Code Behind.
> I will take too much time to be productive.
>
> But responding to your question, in the first release, I think that the
> minimum features should be:
>
> * Find symbol (symbol will be parameter, property, class, etc) in both
> ways.
>         * Find the declaration of the Symbol
>         * Find all the references of a Symbol (every time in the solution that
> this symbol is use).

AFAIK these two are already "more or less" done.

> * Rename Symbol. This feature should be able to show a list is finding
> and ask Rename All or Rename Next

Yes, I will start working on this. I am not sure what Rename Next should do?

> * Extract Method. Extract some selected code and promete it to a
> separate method.

This might be a bit harder since methods are not completely covered by
the parser. At least they weren't the last time I looked. :-)

> All other feature can be for next releases.
>
>
> hope this could me a better response for your question.
>
>
> PS: You can find me in the #Mono and #MonoDevelop to ask me for some
> work. My limitations, you know. Drop a message and when came on-line I
> answer that.
>
> regards
> Paulo Aboim Pinto (Esqueleto)
> Odivelas - Portugal
>


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