As some of you might know, the workshops and training courses I run, the talks I do and the blog posts I write tend to focus on fundamental sofware testing, software development and test automation skills, rather than focusing on the latest technology and trends. I just don’t ‘do’ trends very well. I do, however, read a lot of what others think about and write about with regards to these technologies, as I am an independent consultant and therefore I simply cannot afford not to stay on top of what is happening in tech.

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A test automation consultant documents their first real experience using Claude Code (with Opus 4.6) to refactor the RestAssured.Net library. The task involved extracting logic from an oversized ExecutableRequest class into a new RequestBodyFactory class, then further improving it by grouping arguments into a RequestBodySettings type. Key guardrails used: no AI touching tests, thorough human review before every commit, and small incremental steps. All existing tests passed after refactoring. Main takeaways: Claude is effective for refactoring tasks when paired with solid guardrails (linters, tests, human review), and humans should retain ownership of test writing and code review.

Refactoring the RestAssured.Net code with Claude Code