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title: 'Humans Present: Refactoring'
teaser:
tags: news,upcase,web,good code
author: Chad Pytel
published_on: 2012-05-05
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In the [latest Humans Present](https://workshops.thoughtbot.com/products/6-humans-present-refactoring?utm_source=blog), I sit down with Joe Ferris, our CTO, and we refactor real code from Trajectory.

This hour and ten minute interview and screencast shows:

* What is refactoring and what you need to do it
* Pros and cons of different refactoring techniques
* Removing duplication
* Extracting code to classes and modules

The changes in this video were merged into master and deployed to production the week after filming.

You can purchase this video for $15 or buy it for your entire company for $50. [Check it out now](https://workshops.thoughtbot.com/products/6-humans-present-refactoring?utm_source=blog). Click through for a preview.

We hope you like it.