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C++ Coding Standards: 101 Rules, Guidelines, and Best Practices
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C++ Coding Standards: 101 Rules, Guidelines, and Best Practices

by Herb Sutter, Andrei Alexandrescu
October 2004
Intermediate to advanced
240 pages
6h 22m
English
Addison-Wesley Professional
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4. Invest in code reviews

Summary

Re-view code: More eyes will help make more quality. Show your code, and read others’. You’ll all learn and benefit.

Discussion

A good code review process benefits your team in many ways. It can:

• Increase code quality through beneficial peer pressure.

• Find bugs, non-portable code (if applicable), and potential scaling problems.

• Foster better design and implementation through cross-breeding of ideas.

• Bring newer teammates and beginners up to speed.

• Develop common values and a sense of community inside the team.

• Increase meritocracy, confidence, motivation, and professional pride.

Many shops neither reward quality code and quality teams nor invest time and money encouraging them. We hope we won’t ...

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