Code Reviews - Dos and Don'ts

Following a discussion on code reviews that started at CppEurope 2022, we are diving deeper into the dos and don'ts of code reviews. Learn how your code reviews are an important feedback mechanic for team learning and for preventing defects, and how to use them effectively while collaborating.

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00:00 Intro
00:21 Code Reviews
01:08 Experiences with Code Reviews
02:04 Good Practices
05:39 Code Reviews for Learning
06:01 Goals of Code Reviews
07:41 Articles from InfoQ
08:00 13 Practices for Better Code Reviews - Or Not?
09:00 Small changesets
10:36 Incremental Thinking
12:08 Arguments
12:38 Certify reviewers???
15:26 Code Reviews are About Learning
15:58 Dealing with trickier areas of the code
17:13 Issues are feedback on code reviews
20:20 TDD ++
22:07 Issues are feedback on guidelines
22:25 Dealing with a large number of bugs
24:08 Back to the article
24:43 The bugs funnel
26:05 Always conversations
27:04 Think outside as a reviewer
27:58 You are not your code
28:30 Mediator?
30:08 Separate conversation in issues and preferences
31:20 Second article
35:56 Focused Code Reviews
37:49 Automate security tests
38:52 Social Programming as Code Preview
42:18 Exploratory Testing through Pair Programming
45:04 Conclusions
46:36 Closing

Adi Bolboaca is a VP, trainer and coach at Mozaic Works.

Alex Bolboaca is a programmer, CTO, author, trainer and coach at Mozaic Works.

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