Implementing Effective Code Reviews: How to Build and Maintain Clean Code

© Giuliana Carullo 2020

G. CarulloImplementing Effective Code Reviewshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6162-0_6

6. From Scratch

Giuliana Carullo¹ 

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Dublin, Ireland

 

You see, but you do not observe. The distinction is clear.

—Sherlock Holmes in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s “A Scandal in Bohemia” (1891)

Now that you know what to look for during a review, let’s talk about what to do the moment you start reviewing the code, the architecture, and, equally important, the overall design and the understanding of the problem. Looking at the problem and its high-level requirements is important both before starting to write any code and during development time to ensure the code is scaling and growing in the direction it is meant to.

Hence, this chapter will explore ...