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What do you write in a code review?
Good code reviews look at the change itself and how it fits into the codebase. They will look through the clarity of the title and description and “why” of the change. They cover the correctness of the code, test coverage, functionality changes, and confirm that they follow the coding guides and best practices.
How do I check my code review?
What to look for in a code review
- Design. The most important thing to cover in a review is the overall design of the CL.
- Functionality. Does this CL do what the developer intended?
- Complexity. Is the CL more complex than it should be?
- Tests.
- Naming.
- Comments.
- Style.
- Consistency.
What do you need to know about code review?
Code review is an attempt to eliminate these blindspots and improve code quality by ensuring that at least one other developer has input on every line of code that makes it into production. (As a side-note, pair programming can sometimes resemble a form of ‘live’ code review, where one person writes code and the other reviews it on the spot.)
How can I track my code review comments?
To track the code review comments use the tools like Crucible, Bitbucket and TFS code review process. The above code review checklist is not exhaustive, but provides a direction to the code reviewer to conduct effective code reviews and deliver good quality code.
When to do a code review in Perforce?
You could do a code review after code is committed. Or you could do code reviews both before and after code is committed. If your product includes a build phase, you must also consider if the review should happen before or after the build. There can be many challenges to doing code reviews in addition to finding the right model.
Is it worth it to do live code review?
(As a side-note, pair programming can sometimes resemble a form of ‘live’ code review, where one person writes code and the other reviews it on the spot.) Though code review often means code takes a little longer to make it into production, many development teams say that it’s worth the time due to an overall increase in code quality.