Kent Beck Style Coding Review Skill

Overview

This skill analyzes and reviews code based on Kent Beck's refactoring philosophy and simple design principles. It focuses on code smells detection, refactoring techniques, and incremental design improvement.

"Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand." - Martin Fowler (Refactoring, foreword by Kent Beck)

When to Use

• When user requests "code smell" detection or "refactoring" guidance
• When asked about "code quality", "readability", or "maintainability"
• When reviewing code for improvement opportunities
• When asked about "YAGNI", "KISS", or "simple design"
• When improving naming, extracting methods, or removing duplication

Core Design Principles

Simple Design (4 Rules of Simple Design)