Refactoring: This class is too large

Most programmers have personal projects that do important things for
them personally, but never have enough time and energy to keep them in
good condition. Clare is no exception, and needed to spend time getting
such an unruly codebase back into line. Here she shares the first part of her
refactoring: breaking down a class that had become too big. It's a messy
situation, because that's what real refactoring is like - yet when done in a
controlled way, with lots of tiny steps, we can make real progress.

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