What is Code Review
Peer code review
Code Review — Peer Code Review
Code Review is a systematic practice of reviewing code by other developers before merging it into the main branch.
Code Review Goals
| Goal | Description | |------|-------------| | Quality | Finding bugs and issues | | Standards | Enforcing coding style | | Learning | Knowledge sharing in team | | Design | Improving architecture |
Review Checklist
- Logic and correctness
- Performance
- Security
- Tests and coverage
- Code readability
- Error handling
Best Practices
- Small PRs — up to 400 lines of code
- Quick feedback — review within 24 hours
- Constructive — suggest solutions, don't criticize
- Automation — linters, formatters, CI/CD
Tools
- GitHub — Pull Requests
- GitLab — Merge Requests
- Bitbucket — Pull Requests
- Gerrit — Enterprise level