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Programming Foundations: Conducting Code Reviews

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Overview

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

Syllabus

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

Taught by

Kathryn Hodge

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