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How do you ask for a code review?
How to get your code reviewed faster
- Before you start. Every team has its own standards and best practices.
- Make sure your code is ready.
- Do a self review.
- Show what you’ve done.
- Ask questions.
- Don’t do changes for the sake of changes.
- Don’t ignore comments.
- Make it clear when you’re done with the changes.
What is code review good for?
The benefits of code reviews are plenty: someone spot checks your work for errors, they get to learn from your solution, and the collaboration helps to improve the organization’s overall approach to tooling and automation.
Can a code reviewer do a code review?
After a bit of practice, code reviewers can perform effective code reviews, without much effort and time. If you would like to become an expert code reviewer, this code review checklist serves as a great starting point.
What should be included in a code review checklist?
Let’s first begin with the basic code review checklist and later move on to the detailed code review checklist. Let’s discuss about the basic code review checklist, which can be very handy if you are a beginner in code reviews and/or during initial code reviews.
What’s the best time to do a code review?
A code review is a synchronization point among different team members and thus has the potential to block progress. Consequently, code reviews need to be prompt (on the order of hours, not days), and team members and leads need to be aware of the time commitment and prioritize review time accordingly.
Is it OK to do too many code reviews?
Too many checks and logging at multiple layers (UI, Middle tier, Database) would decrease the performance of an application. But few applications, especially relating to finance and banking require multiple checks, audit logging etc. So it is ok to compromise a little on performance to provide enhanced security.