216 RR Code Review Culture with Derek Prior

Published: July 15, 2015

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216 RR Code Review Culture with Derek Prior
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Show Notes

03:42 - Derek Prior Introduction
04:01 - Code Reviews
05:14 - What happens when you don’t do code reviews?
06:30 - Not Emphasizing Code Quality, Setting Code Review Up for Failure
  • Edge Cases
  • Diverse Feedback, Team Conflict
10:43 - Code Reviewing Yourself: Answering Your Own Questions
12:03 - The Evolution of Code Review (Code Review as an Asynchronous Process)
14:51 - Small Changes, “Pull Request Bombs”
23:49 - Making Code Review a Supportive Process
  • Stop Issuing Commands; Ask Probing Questions
  • DON’T Use “Why didn’t you  ________?”
  • DO Use “Have you considered _________?” 
  • or “That’s interesting…I might have used _______.”
30:32 - What qualities should reviewees have?
34:27 - Getting Code Reviews Introduced Into Company Culture
38:30 - Making Sure Code Reviews Get Done
40:47 - Tagging Specific Team Members
44:39 - Other Handy Code Review Tools
47:49 - Code Review Feedback Resources for Solo Programmers
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Special Guest: Derek Prior.