Want to make code reviews work in your organization? Implement the right code review strategy. The following are the best code review strategies:
1. Set goals and standards for code review
You need to set clear goals for code review. If you say that you want to find defects early, thatβs not a clear objective. What kind of defects do you want to find?
Do you want to check whether the code functions according to the requirements and specifications? This requires one kind of review along with unit tests.
Do you want to find out if the code will meet non-functional requirements like performance and scalability? This requires a different kind of scrutiny of the code base.
Do you want to identify security vulnerabilities? You need to find bugs that are commonly exploited by hackers.
Alternatively, do you want maintainable code? Your focus canβt only be on functionality, performance, and security. Reviewers need to check if the code …