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Code Review: Best Practices for Effective Reviews

Conduct effective code reviews. Review checklists, automation, and building a review culture.

Rottawhite Team10 min readFebruary 19, 2025
Code ReviewQualityCollaboration

Code Review Benefits

Code reviews improve quality and spread knowledge.

Review Focus Areas

Correctness

  • Logic errors
  • Edge cases
  • Error handling
  • Design

  • Architecture alignment
  • Patterns usage
  • Abstractions
  • Readability

  • Naming
  • Comments
  • Complexity
  • Security

  • Input validation
  • Authentication
  • Data handling
  • Best Practices

  • Keep reviews small
  • Review promptly
  • Be constructive
  • Automate what you can
  • Focus on important issues
  • Automation

  • Linters
  • Formatters
  • Static analysis
  • CI checks
  • Conclusion

    Effective code reviews balance thoroughness with efficiency.

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