WhatTheDuck README

WhatTheDuck is an AI-powered assistant designed to boost your refactoring experience in VSCode. Not only is it a powerful tool, but it also takes the form of a Rubber Duck: the iconic problem-solving companion every developer needs.

Features

WhatTheDuck is capable of applying one or multiple refactorings at once to a particular Java file, namely:

• Rename Variables
• Inline Temporary Variables
• Extract Variables
• Extract Methods
• Rename Methods
• Inline Methods
• Replace Temp with Query
• Remove Assignments to Parameters
• Remove Parameter
• Replace Magic Number with Symbolic Constant
• Consolidate Duplicate Conditionals
• Remove Nested Conditionals

Moreover, it is possible to preview WhatTheDuck's changes before applying them to your code! You can then accept or reject those changes. Below, we present a preview of WhatTheDuck's capabilities so far:

Release Notes

0.0.1 - 0.04

• Initial release of WhatTheDuck
• RenameVariables refactoring is implemented
• Fixed issue with extension logo
• Fixed README

1.0.0

• Multiple refactoring options were added
• It is possible to select one or multiple refactoring options to apply at once to your Java file
• You can now preview the changes before accepting or rejecting them

Contributions

This project is being equally developed by:

• João Fernandes
• Pedro Madureira (PO)
• Sofia Pinto (SM)
• Tomás Gaspar
• Tomás Palma