What is This Code Review ?
We all write code in our bussiness as cleanly as possible. Following S.O.L.I.D principles and try to understanding logic of O.O.P . And I’m sure most of us read a little Clean Code by Robert C. Martin. So, do you think that all stuff is enough to write a good code before shipping to customers without any checking ? The answer is NO! At least that’s how it is for big projects. That’s what I’m going to talk about in this article. I will not go into Code Review in depth, I will just try to explain in general to give you an idea about whatCode Review is.
What is the Code Review ?
Well, simply put, Code Review is a software quality assurance activity done by pros of this topic. Yes, code review is not done by the owner of the code. This involves viewing changes made to the source code before they are implemented into the codebase.In another word, it’s understanding changes.
Purpose of the Code Review ;
- Prevent unstable codes before shipping to customers
- Better code quality
- Finding better solutions
- Detect errors
- Avert potential bugs before testing
- By exchanging opinions, reveal a better quality code
- Minimize bugs
- Generate alternative solutions to problems we face in the code
Best practices for the Code Review
- Read the code in full
- Keep Code Review time less than 60 minutes
- Check no more than 400 code lines at a time
- Give feedback to developers (be constructive )
- Communicate goals and expectations
Tools
Here the some tools to use to do code review ;
In this article I tried to explain what is Code Review in general. I hope I can give you useful informations about that. If you want more articles about such topics that you can use in your business life, stay tuned and clap this article. If anyone wants to contact me, they can reach me from the links below.
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