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10 Commandments of Code Review

Code reviews are part of almost all development workflows. How you write them, read them, and respond to them says a lot about a team’s culture. It’s also a way to adjust a team’s culture. How you use them is up to you.

Review Your Own Code Review

Don’t just review it, review it BEFORE you show it to anyone. It’s good for you, it’s good for them, and it’s good for your code.

Demands ...

Providing customer value is what we’re all here for. Unfortunately, it’s not the only thing we end up doing because of demands on our time.

Code Coverage Is NOT useless

Clickbait titles aside, how you use your signals is important. Not just for measuring code coverage.

High Quality Quality

When you say you want quality software, what are you really asking for, and how can you get it?

Readability vs Idioms

Just what is readability anyway?

Hey, That's Pretty Clever

That’s pretty clever, so fix it.

Applesauce, Names, and Refactoring

Naming is important. Even if it’s applesauce

TDD Anti-patterns

Some kinds of tests you just don’t want to write

TAD vs. TDD

There is a difference between testing before and after coding

Lint Filters And Testing

Tests are like cleaning the lint filter on your dryer

Where do defects come from?

Is it someone’s fault, the system’s fault, or a balance of both?

Why We Test

The purpose of testing is to increase confidence for stakeholders through evidence.