Effective Code Reviews
summary
Code reviews rarely catch deep logical bugs for typical web apps; a Microsoft 2012 study shows their biggest wins are code understanding, small improvements and better team communication, while companies like Apple use specialist review processes to hunt critical defects. Use pull requests or Crucible for incremental reviews, prefer trunk-based work with small commits, require CI + unit tests, limit group reviews to seven people, have someone unfamiliar explain the code, keep a short checklist (5–10 items) and open follow-up tickets. leave your ego at the door
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chapters (21)
- 0:00Intro
- 1:03Wait, why are you here?
- 1:45The good news...
- 3:57Developer Ego
- 5:11Ofc, it's your choice...
- 6:21What is your intention?
- 7:36Main Motivation for reviews?
- 9:37Are you tracking your Results?
- 11:48GOOD LUCK WITH THAT
- 12:14Leave your ego at the door
- 13:59Forget about "your" code
- 14:34Team reviews are a good start
- 17:41The intention matters
- 18:28Understanding is important
- 19:48Pick the right method...
- 23:21Create a coding guideline
- 25:34Keep track of results
- 27:56Create a review checklist
- 30:02Make your reviews effective!
- 31:17No matter what...
- 32:52Questions? Feedback?
