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Making Code Review Less Painful For Developers
If you're a developer who is having to undergo the painful process of having your code reviewed there are many things you can do to enhance the experience and make it flow with much more ease. Being the person who is being reviewed is a much different experience from the development leader who is organizing the code review, however here are some things that will help you keep things together and ensure the process of code review is less painful.
One of the most important things to remember is that the code is not you, so don't take things personally. Remember that development is a creative process and when a reviewer suggests changes to the code they are not casting judgment on you as a person or on your skills as a developer. Instead of taking every piece of feedback as a personal attack use it instead to grow and learn from the process.
You should try to create some sort of checklist for yourself to highlight the things code reviews tend to focus on. This is usually an easy step to implement as it should follow the outline set by the coding standards document. This is your checklist so make sure you focus in on the areas you tend to struggle with, do this then run through the code amending any errors within it, not only will this make you feel better when the team find less faults but it will also make the whole process a lot quicker making everyone happy.
It is really important that you play your part in helping to maintain coding standards. Look to add to the coding standards, especially for things that are not already in there. One of the most fundamental challenges for any developer has when organizing combative code review is understanding or knowing where the next problem will come from. If you incorporate new found problems into your coding standard checklist, it will be ready for use the next time you come up against a code review. It is important to be constantly learning during the code review process, using you checklist will help cement the concept into your so that your less likely so that your less likely to miss opportunities to use and implement feedback.
Code review for any developer can be an arduous process but following the above simple guidelines will increase the capacity you have to get through the process quickly and efficiently
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