[syncopatience]

Could anyone weigh in on his assessment of Martin Fowler's Refactoring book? I'm considering picking it up - some seem to be of the opinion that its ideas are old news in 2016 and there's not much to learn from it, others say there's still lots of useful information.

[blowski]

It's still extremely relevant and useful. Once you've read it cover-to-cover, it remains useful as a reference. I would also recommend Michael Feathers "Working with Legacy Code".

[CSMastermind]

Personally, I found "Working with Legacy Code" much more insightful. Fowler's stuff is great in theory but hard to use in practice.