Progressive Refactoring (Refactoring Priority Premise)

Based on the Refactoring Priority Premise (RPP) from the Alcor Academy curriculum.

RPP Levels (L1-L6)

Execute levels in mandatory sequence. Lower levels before higher.

Level 1: Foundation (Readability)

Focus: eliminate clutter, improve naming, remove dead code. Smells: Dead Code | Comments (how-comments) | Speculative Generality | Lazy Class. Transformations: Rename | Extract (variables/constants) | Safe Delete. Impact: 80% of readability improvement value. Test smells: Obscure Test | Hard-Coded Test Data | Assertion Roulette.