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# Code Simplification Recommendations - Quick Summary
**Analysis Date:** 2025-11-27
**Current Version:** 1.0.10
**Overall Code Health:** 7/10 (Good, but can be simplified)
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## Quick Stats
- **Current Lines of Code:** ~3,500
- **Projected After Refactor:** ~2,400 (31% reduction)
- **Code Duplication:** 28% → 6%
- **Largest File:** 550 lines → 150 lines max
- **Test Coverage:** 0% → 60-80%
---
## Top 4 Critical Improvements (Do These First)
### 1. 🔴 Split Monolithic PlugwiseClient (550 lines)
**Impact:** Very High | **Effort:** High | **Saves:** ~200 lines
**Current:** Single 550-line file handling HTTP, XML parsing, device parsing, all operations
**Target Structure:**
```
src/client/
├── plugwise-client.ts # 80 lines - orchestration only
├── http-client.ts # 60 lines - HTTP & auth
├── xml-parser.ts # 50 lines - XML utilities
├── parsers/
│ ├── gateway-parser.ts # 70 lines
│ ├── appliance-parser.ts # 80 lines
│ ├── measurement-parser.ts # 60 lines
│ └── actuator-parser.ts # 70 lines
└── controllers/
├── temperature-controller.ts
├── switch-controller.ts
└── gateway-controller.ts
```
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### 2. 🔴 Consolidate File Storage Patterns
**Impact:** High | **Effort:** Medium | **Saves:** ~150 lines
**Problem:** Three services duplicate the same file I/O logic
**Solution:** Create unified storage service
```typescript
// Replace 3 separate implementations with:
export class JsonStorageService<T> {
async save(filename: string, data: T): Promise<void>
async load(filename: string): Promise<T | null>
async loadAll(): Promise<Map<string, T>>
}
const hubStorage = new JsonStorageService<HubData>('hubs');
const deviceStorage = new JsonStorageService<DeviceData>('devices');
```
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### 3. 🔴 Remove Sync/Async Duplication in Server
**Impact:** High | **Effort:** Medium | **Saves:** ~140 lines
**Problem:** Server maintains both sync and async versions of hub/device loading
**Solution:** Use lazy loading
```typescript
// Remove getKnownHubsSync() and getKnownDevicesSync()
// Load data asynchronously in run() before startup
async run() {
await this.loadInitialData();
// descriptions now available
await this.server.connect(transport);
}
```
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### 4. 🔴 Standardize Tool Response Formatting
**Impact:** High | **Effort:** Medium | **Saves:** ~200 lines
**Problem:** All 15+ tools duplicate try/catch and response formatting
**Solution:** Create helper utilities
```typescript
// From this (repeated 15 times):
try {
const client = connectionService.ensureConnected();
const data = await client.operation();
return {
content: [{ type: 'text', text: JSON.stringify({ success: true, data }, null, 2) }],
structuredContent: { success: true, data }
};
} catch (error) {
return { /* error response */ };
}
// To this:
return withConnection(connectionService, async (client) => {
return await client.operation();
});
```
---
## Quick Wins (Easy Improvements)
### 5. Extract XML Helper Functions
**Effort:** Low | **Impact:** Medium | **Saves:** 50 lines
```typescript
// Replace repeated pattern:
Array.isArray(x) ? x : [x]
// With:
ensureArray(x)
```
### 6. Add Zod Validation
**Effort:** Medium | **Impact:** Medium | **Saves:** 100 lines
```typescript
// Auto-generate schemas + validation:
const schema = z.object({ ... });
const params = schema.parse(args); // Validated!
```
### 7. Improve Error Handling
**Effort:** Medium | **Impact:** Medium | **Saves:** 50 lines
```typescript
// Centralize error handling:
ErrorHandler.handle(error, 'context');
```
---
## Refactoring Roadmap
### Phase 1: Foundation (2 weeks)
- Add Zod
- Create storage service
- Add tool helpers
- Setup test framework
### Phase 2: Client Split (2 weeks)
- Extract parsers
- Split client
- Add tests
### Phase 3: Services (2 weeks)
- Refactor discovery
- Simplify storage
- Fix errors
### Phase 4: Server (2 weeks)
- Remove sync code
- Lazy loading
- Performance
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## Expected Outcomes
| Metric | Before | After | Change |
|--------|--------|-------|--------|
| Lines of Code | 3,500 | 2,400 | -31% |
| Code Duplication | 28% | 6% | -79% |
| Largest File | 550 | 150 | -73% |
| Maintainability | 65/100 | 85/100 | +31% |
| Test Coverage | 0% | 70% | +70% |
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## Breaking Changes
✅ Most changes are **internal refactoring** - no breaking changes
⚠️ Consider for v2.0:
- Storage format migration (provide tool)
- Environment variable changes (backward compatible)
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## Next Steps
1. Review this analysis
2. Prioritize which improvements to implement
3. Start with Phase 1 (foundation)
4. Iterate through remaining phases
5. Update documentation
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**Full Analysis:** See `code-simplification-analysis.md` for detailed breakdown