Redesign & refactoring your device software
3 signs
to consider a redesign & refactoring approach
- You have bugs that can’t be characterized
- You experience software instabilities
- You fear regression when adding new functionalities
How we can help with your redesign & refactoring project
Audit
Our audit phase for software restructuring includes:
- Documentation & code review: A thorough analysis of your existing code to identify areas for improvement.
- Hardware target: Understanding your hardware constraints and optimization opportunities.
- Identify bottlenecks: Pointing performance limitations to address them through code optimization.
- Create KPI: Measure the success of the software modernization process.
Validation
Our validation for code modernization involves:
- Proof of concept: Developing small-scale models to test new designs and restructuring techniques.
- Testing: Rigorous testing to ensure stability and performance of the optimized code.
- Validation: Confirming that the new design meets all requirements and improves the external behavior of the system.
Redesign
In the redesign phase for software restructuring:
- Apply to code: Systematically implementing restructuring techniques to your source code.
- Update documentation: Ensuring all changes are well-documented, making the software easier to maintain and understand.
3 main benefits of this approach
01. More resiliency
Restructuring your code will enhance your device’s security and resilience, ensuring it remains robust for five, ten, or more years. This durability not only protects against future threats but also supports new features, integrations, and growth.
No matter how the market or technology evolves, your device will be ready to adapt, giving your commercial teams a competitive edge.
02. More robustness
Optimizing your code removes performance bottlenecks and ensures you meet updated and improved KPI. We collaborate with your team to set performance standards that exceed user expectations, align with best practices, and deliver faster and more efficient technology.
Our engineers will optimize your code and redesign your UX to enhance capabilities, helping you retain and grow your market share.
03. Team satisfaction
Modernizing your code boosts internal team satisfaction by aligning your codebase with modern practices. As your engineering teams evolve, outdated code can hinder new hires and innovation.
A restructuration and redesign with Witekio provides a clean code, up-to-date codebase, supporting internal alignment and fostering a culture of innovation.
Katie Strausser
We transform your device vision
into reality
Our teams have a track record of success in redesigning and optimizing code to meet the needs of your current and future end users despite the uncertainty that comes from building for a rapidly changing market. We specialize in refactoring legacy code and providing comprehensive application refactoring services.
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FAQ about refactoring and software redesign
What is refactoring in software engineering?
Refactoring in software engineering is a disciplined technique for restructuring an existing body of code, altering its internal structure without changing its external behavior. The primary goal is to improve the design of the code to make it easier to understand, easier to maintain, and easier to extend. It involves a series of small, atomic transformations like extract method, moving features between objects, or consolidating duplicate code, often guided by the identification of “code smells” – indicators of potential problems in the source code. This process reduces technical debt and ensures the long-term health of your software development projects.
Why is code refactoring important for legacy code?
Code refactoring is critically important for legacy code because these older systems often accumulate technical debt over time, leading to complex, hard-to-understand, and expensive-to-maintain software. Refactoring legacy code helps to fix bugs, remove duplicate code, and improve the design and readability without altering the system’s core functionality. By applying refactoring techniques, organizations can transform outdated software into a more robust and flexible asset, making it easier to maintain and adapt to new requirements, thus extending its lifespan and enabling code modernization.
What are the main benefits of software redesign and refactoring?
The main benefits of software redesign and refactoring are multifaceted. Firstly, it significantly reduces technical debt, making the code base easier to maintain and less prone to bugs. Secondly, refactoring improves the internal structure and clarity of the code, which boosts developer productivity and team satisfaction. Thirdly, it enhances the software’s robustness and resilience, allowing it to support new features and adapt to future technological changes without fear of regression. This strategic investment ultimately leads to better performance, lower long-term costs, and a competitive edge in the market.
How do you approach application refactoring services?
Our approach to application refactoring services begins with a comprehensive audit of your existing code and system architecture to identify bottlenecks and areas of high technical debt. We then conduct a validation phase, often involving a Proof of Concept, to test proposed refactoring techniques and ensure desired outcomes. The core redesign phase involves systematically applying refactoring techniques like extract method, eliminating duplicate code, and moving features between objects to improve the design of the internal structure of the application. Throughout this process, we maintain focus on the external behavior to ensure functionality remains unchanged, and we use automation tools where possible to streamline the perform refactoring process, ensuring the delivery of clean code that is easier to maintain and scales effectively for future software development.
What is the difference between refactoring and rewriting software?
Refactoring is about restructuring existing code without changing its external behavior or adding new functionality; its aim is to improve the design and maintainability of the current software. It’s typically a continuous process of small, incremental changes. Rewriting, conversely, means building a completely new software system from scratch, often because the existing code is so deeply flawed or outdated that refactoring would be impractical or too costly. While refactoring improves the current system, rewriting aims to replace it entirely, often to address fundamental architectural issues or to leverage entirely new technologies, but it comes with higher risks and costs.
When is the right time to consider a major software redesign or refactoring project?
Recognizing the optimal moment for a major software redesign or a significant refactoring project is crucial for a software development company. Key indicators often include a noticeable increase in bugs that are hard to characterize or fix, persistent software instabilities leading to frequent crashes or unpredictable behavior, and a palpable fear of regression when new features are introduced or existing code is modified. Furthermore, a growing burden of technical debt, identified by an accumulating number of “code smells” like duplicate code or overly complex internal structure, strongly suggests it’s time to perform refactoring. If your development team’s productivity is declining, or if the software has become exceptionally difficult to maintain or extend to meet evolving market demands, these are all strong signals that a strategic redesign or large-scale refactoring is needed to improve the design and ensure the long-term viability and competitiveness of your application.
