Code Review – A Needed Habit in Science

Re:Code Review – A Needed Habit in Science by strictfp on Friday October 30, 2015 @09:32AM (#10477644)

IMO code review as it is commonly done today focuses too much on small details and way too little on the general approach, algorithms and architectural soundness. We should talk more about the solution, not about the "code".

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Re:Code Review – A Needed Habit in Science by mattexx on Friday October 30, 2015 @10:03AM (#10477847)

+1. We review pretty much all code at Climate Corp (even science code) but code review seldom reveals design flaws. I still think code review is incredibly useful. It makes all of us better coders. It just isn't everything.

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Re:Code Review – A Needed Habit in Science by slavik81 on Friday October 30, 2015 @11:56AM (#10478571)

Code reviews focus on small things because they occur after the code is written. Major design changes at that point are quite expensive.

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