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How do you handle code review comments?
How to handle reviewer comments
- Don’t Take it Personally. The goal of review is to maintain the quality of our codebase and our products.
- Fix the Code. If a reviewer says that they don’t understand something in your code, your first response should be to clarify the code itself.
- Think for Yourself.
- Resolving Conflicts.
What is code review comment?
Summary. Be kind. Explain your reasoning. Balance giving explicit directions with just pointing out problems and letting the developer decide. Encourage developers to simplify code or add code comments instead of just explaining the complexity to you.
Which is the best tool for automated code review?
Static code analysis is a key part of nurturing a high-quality software team. It reduces the cognitive burden on manual code reviews, because reviewers don’t need to check for things like spacing or function naming issues. In more extreme teams, automated code review is built right into the automated code deployment process.
Is it good to review your own code?
Some developers do review their own code before checking their new changes. In Steve McConnell’s book Code Complete, code reviewing is explained as one of the cheapest and most effective ways to find bugs and improve code quality.
What’s the best way to do lightweight code reviews?
Lightweight code review is usually done by one or several of the following methods: Performing peer code reviews in an ad-hoc, informal way is also effective because it lets developers adopt the best method for themselves and their teams based on their culture and resources. A team can start by setting this rule:
What are the best practices for code review?
Queue-it code review best practices include defining short user stories, generating short code review tasks (in terms of time), combining code review with functional testing, and performing non-blocking code reviews. The secret behind our painless code reviews is to break them into short users stories and tasks.