How to refactor tightly coupled classes?

Question

I\'m trying to refactor a big tightly coupled application and trying to make it more maintainable and flexible.

I\'ve got many unit tests, so I\'m hoping to refactor ste

Answer 1

All of the above and then some. But before you start any of that, I'd think about the big picture. Define the sections of your program (packages, projects, etc) and then have a plan for moving functionality around to be in the appropriate package. Then once everything is where it logically should be start using extract interface, dependency injection, and factory methods to start de-coupling the packages.