Programming Foundations: Conducting Code Reviews

Code reviews improve the quality of everyone's software. Discover how to conduct thorough, meaningful code reviews and submit your own code for review.

Introduction

• Write great code reviews to advance your career
• What you need to know

1. Basics of Code Reviews

• What is a code review?
• Code reviews in the software development life cycle
• Who should review code?
• How long should a code review really take

2. Performing a Code Review

• Understand the author’s purpose
• Review implementation details
• Review maintainability and design
• Review unfamiliar code
• Providing constructive feedback
• Common challenges
• Using AI in code reviews

3. Reviewing Code on the Cloud

• Find code to review on GitHub
• Test code on a local machine
• Write code review comments
• Approve code
• Challenge: Give a code review
• Solution: Give a code review

4. Implementing a Feature

• Scope of a code change
• Implement a code change
• Commit a code change
• Prepare code for review

5. Submitting Code for Review

• Create a pull request (PR)
• Find code reviewers
• Handle code review comments
• Respond to code reviews comments
• Challenge: Add a feature and submit a PR
• Solution: Add a feature and submit a PR

Conclusion

• Add code reviews into your daily job