Knowing What Is There

If you want to know about the mechanics of refactoring there are quite a few resources out there. You can even find resources that outline refactoring strategy. But what about mindset? Is there a refactoring mindset that people should be aware of? I think that there is.

A while ago I was working with a team. We had time to refactor and we were all onboard with the effort. We wrote tests and tried to clarify the design. As we did we discovered things. It was like having everything come into fo...