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How do you introduce a code review?
10 tips to guide you toward effective peer code review
- Review fewer than 400 lines of code at a time.
- Take your time.
- Do not review for more than 60 minutes at a time.
- Set goals and capture metrics.
- Authors should annotate source code before the review.
- Use checklists.
- Establish a process for fixing defects found.
Do you always need to start a code review at the beginning?
The main thing you need to remember about code review is that it should be performed BEFORE your new development team takes on a new codebase or project. Checking the code before starting a project gives your team the chance to get familiar with it and to determine whether the code is clean or requires any rework.
How to make good code reviews better Stack Overflow?
Better code reviews realize that too many nitpicks are a sign of lack of tooling or a lack of standards. Reviewers who come across these frequently will look at solving this problem outside the code review process. For example, many of the common nitpick comments can be solved via automated linting.
What are the requirements for a code review?
The code-review should be people together trying to improve the quality of the code. It should be open discussions with solid arguments and solid counter arguments and a final agreement. The code-reviewer must be able to clearly state his points, the reviewed must be able to clearly defend his choices and both must be willing to be proven wrong.
Do you focus on the people or the code?
Focus on the code, not the people. This one can be hard, but everyone should remember that the goal of the code review is to improve code quality, not to show off how much better you are than your coworkers. As an author, recognize before the review happens that your code probably has bugs and/or can be improved.
How long should a company code review last?
If you follow this guideline and the previous one, code reviews should last no longer than 90 minutes. Keep managers out of code reviews. Unless you’re working in a company where the manager is writing code every day (startups, generally), the manager should not participate.