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EFFECTIVE   CODE   REVIEWS   Sebas1an  Marek,  So8ware  Architect  Sebastian Marek
•  a  Pole  living  in  Sheffield   •  over  12  years  in   development   •  Pascal,  C++,  PHP,  perl, ...
Who does code reviews?
All characters appearing in this presentation are fictitious. ...
Tom “I Need It Now” – The Owner Harry “Just Get It Done” – The ManagerThe Team
Adam “The Night Coder” – developer Kris “Hackety Hack” – master code reviewer ...
How much time do we need to get this project done? Well, design, coding, code ...
Were nearly done, just need to get this code reviewed. Hmmm… all the developers are...
Hello Harry, I need John to review my code. John is busy, you can have Rob. ...
We do all these code review, spend a lot of time on this, but the code that hits production ...
Code review Adam The Developer 9:31 PM (0 minutes ago) to  Kris  The  Reviewer   ...
No  (e)mail!  Raising a code review
Bug  tracking  systems   -­‐  JIRA   -­‐  Bugtrak   -­‐  ManBs     Code  review  tools   -­‐  Cruci...
Code review Adam The Developer 9:31 PM (13 minutes ago) to  Kris  The ...
Version  control   •  Specific  change  sets   •  avoid  specific   ...
Code review Adam The Developer 9:31 PM (25 minutes ago) Kris, ...
What and Why?The purpose of the review
Bruno  “It  will  work”   Usual  feedback  produced:   •  Makes  sense   •  Works ...
Kris  “The  Master  Reviewer”   Tools  used:   •  PHP  linter   •  PHP  Code  Sniffer  ...
$ php -l Libraries/Action.class.php No syntax errors detected in Libraries/Action.class.php $ php -l Libraries/A...
$ phpunit PHPUnit 3.6.12 by Sebastian Bergmann. Configuration read from phpunit.xml.dist ...............
PHP_Depend 0.10.6 by Manuel Pichler Parsing source files: ............
Static analysis and code quality
Static analysis and code quality
Kris  “The  Master  Reviewer”   Things  checked:   •  clarity   •  duplica...
•  Knowledge  sharing   •  Mentoring  new  starters   •  Find  bugs/design  flaws  early   •  ...
DEVELOPERS •  Understand  and  accept  that   you  w...
CODE REVIEWERS •  The  only  true  authority  stems   from ...
•  LocaBon  of  your  changes   WHAT? ...
WHO? •  Seek  the  experts   –  If  youre  not  sure  ask  around     •  Ques...
WHERE? •  Make  it  traceable   –  Bug  trucking  system,  ie.  Jira,  Trac,  ManBs,  etc   ...
•  Use  tools,  don’t  be  a  tool   HOW? ...
hZp://www.atlassian.com/angrynerds/     hZp://www.flickr.com/photos/dawgbyte77/3058349367/   ...
The  Ten  Commandments  of  Egoless  Programming:  hZp://alturl.com/q4dpa     The  Code  review:  hZp://ww...
Ques1ons?   h?ps://                              /7056  Q&A
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Effective code reviews

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Code reviews are a powerful tool in ensuring and maintaining quality in your application, but they can be very difficult to get right. When they're misunderstood or poorly executed, they can even make a bad situation worse.
In this session I'll use my professional experience to give you some tactics for getting great benefit from code reviews. We'll talk about tools, about process and most importantly about attitude! Whether you're a developer or a technical lead, come along and find out how to perform a genuinely useful code review and provide constructive feedback in the quickest time possible.

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  1. EFFECTIVE   CODE   REVIEWS   Sebas1an  Marek,  So8ware  Architect  Sebastian Marek
  2. •  a  Pole  living  in  Sheffield   •  over  12  years  in   development   •  Pascal,  C++,  PHP,  perl,   python,  Java   •  co-­‐author  of  2  PHP  books     •  big  fan  of  process   automaBon   •  TDD  and  CI   •  occasionally  contributes  to   open  source  projects   •  wants  to  be  a  knight   h?ps://joind.in/7056  @proofek
  3. Who does code reviews?
  4. All characters appearing in this presentation are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.Disclaimer
  5. Tom “I Need It Now” – The Owner Harry “Just Get It Done” – The ManagerThe Team
  6. Adam “The Night Coder” – developer Kris “Hackety Hack” – master code reviewer Bruno “It Will Work” – apprentice reviewerThe Team
  7. How much time do we need to get this project done? Well, design, coding, code reviews, testing…   Do we really need to code review the code? You surely know how to code, and you have tested it and it works… Right?Scenario 1
  8. Were nearly done, just need to get this code reviewed. Hmmm… all the developers are busy, we have no one spare. Lets skip it and get it straight into QA…Scenario 2
  9. Hello Harry, I need John to review my code. John is busy, you can have Rob. But Rob is a junior developer, and he doesnt know this system. You want it code reviewed or not? Rob is all weve got!Scenario 3
  10. We do all these code review, spend a lot of time on this, but the code that hits production is still buggy. Its a waste of time!Scenario 4
  11. Code review Adam The Developer 9:31 PM (0 minutes ago) to  Kris  The  Reviewer   Kris, I got this code I need you to review. Can you do it for me please? The code is in my repository on problem-fix branch. Thanks --- Adam Click here to Reply or Forward
  12. No  (e)mail!  Raising a code review
  13. Bug  tracking  systems   -­‐  JIRA   -­‐  Bugtrak   -­‐  ManBs     Code  review  tools   -­‐  Crucible/Fisheye   -­‐  Gerrit   -­‐  Github  Raising a code review
  14. Code review Adam The Developer 9:31 PM (13 minutes ago) to  Kris  The  Reviewer   Kris, I got this code I need you to review. Can you do it for me please? The code is in my repository on problem-fix branch. Thanks --- Adam Kris The Reviewer 9:44 PM (0 minutes ago) to  Adam  The  Developer   Adam, No problem at all, but where did you branch the code from? I can’t identify the change set without it. --- Kris Click here to Reply or Forward
  15. Version  control   •  Specific  change  sets   •  avoid  specific   commits   •  Reviewing  patches   risky,  unless   automated  What to review
  16. Code review Adam The Developer 9:31 PM (25 minutes ago) Kris, I got this code I need you to review. Can you do it for me please? … Kris The Reviewer 9:44 PM (12 minutes ago) to  Adam  The  Developer   Adam, No problem at all, but where did you branch the code from? I can’t identify the change set without it. --- Kris Adam The Developer 9:56 PM (0 minutes ago) to  Kris  The  Reviewer   Kris, Ah yes. Sorry. It’s branched from my master branch. --- Adam
  17. What and Why?The purpose of the review
  18. Bruno  “It  will  work”   Usual  feedback  produced:   •  Makes  sense   •  Works   •  SyntacBcally  correct   •  Approved  One way of doing things…
  19. Kris  “The  Master  Reviewer”   Tools  used:   •  PHP  linter   •  PHP  Code  Sniffer   •  PHPUnit   •  phpDocumentor   •  PHP  Depend   •  PHP  Mess  Detector   •  Sonar  Being smarter…
  20. $ php -l Libraries/Action.class.php No syntax errors detected in Libraries/Action.class.php $ php -l Libraries/Action.class.php Errors parsing Libraries/Action.class.php $ phpcs –standard=Zend Libraries/Action.class.php FILE: /Volumes/git/modules/AccountChange/Libraries/Action.class.php -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOUND 2 ERROR(S) AND 1 WARNING(S) AFFECTING 3 LINE(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 44 | ERROR | Protected member variable "arrOptions" must contain a leading | | underscore 66 | WARNING | Line exceeds 80 characters; contains 82 characters 97 | ERROR | Line exceeds maximum limit of 120 characters; contains 135 | | characters -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Time: 0 seconds, Memory: 5.75MbSpeed up with automation
  21. $ phpunit PHPUnit 3.6.12 by Sebastian Bergmann. Configuration read from phpunit.xml.dist ..................IIII................IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII.. 63 / 240 ( 26%) .............................................I.....I........... 126 / 240 ( 52%) ............................................................... 189 / 240 ( 78%) ................................................... Time: 02:01, Memory: 26.75Mb OK, but incomplete or skipped tests! Tests: 240, Assertions: 514, Incomplete: 29.Verify whether the code works
  22. PHP_Depend 0.10.6 by Manuel Pichler Parsing source files: .................... 20 Executing CyclomaticComplexity-Analyzer: ............. 261 Executing ClassLevel-Analyzer: ............ 247 Executing CodeRank-Analyzer: . 28 Executing Coupling-Analyzer: ............. 267 Executing Hierarchy-Analyzer: ............ 246 Executing Inheritance-Analyzer: . 30 Executing NPathComplexity-Analyzer: .............. 283 Executing NodeCount-Analyzer: ........ 174 Executing NodeLoc-Analyzer: .......... 205 Generating pdepend log files, this may take a moment. Time: 00:05; Memory: 25.50Mb  Static analysis and code quality
  23. Static analysis and code quality
  24. Static analysis and code quality
  25. Kris  “The  Master  Reviewer”   Things  checked:   •  clarity   •  duplicaBons   •  performance   •  code  quality   •  excessive  complexity   •  potenBal  deployment  issues   •  impact  on  other  systems   •  design  flaws   •  does  the  soluBon  solves   the  problem  …by looking at things all important
  26. •  Knowledge  sharing   •  Mentoring  new  starters   •  Find  bugs/design  flaws  early   •  Improve  overall  code  quality   •  Fostering  collecBve  code   ownership    The benefits of a code review – they are for you!
  27. DEVELOPERS •  Understand  and  accept  that   you  will  make  mistakes.     •  You  are  not  your  code.   •  No  maZer  how  much   "karate"  you  know,   someone  else  will  always   know  more.     •  Dont  rewrite  code  without   consultaBon.    The soft side - developers
  28. CODE REVIEWERS •  The  only  true  authority  stems   from  knowledge,  not  from   posiBon.     •  CriBque  code  instead  of  people  The soft side – code reviewers
  29. •  LocaBon  of  your  changes   WHAT? –  Repository  name,  branch  name,  branch  base   •  Subject  of  your  changes   –  What  have  you  changed   •  Reason  for  the  change   –  Why  have  you  change  it  Summary - what include in the code review
  30. WHO? •  Seek  the  experts   –  If  youre  not  sure  ask  around     •  QuesBon  the  soluBon   –  Make  sure  it  fits  the  purpose  Summary - who assign the code review to?
  31. WHERE? •  Make  it  traceable   –  Bug  trucking  system,  ie.  Jira,  Trac,  ManBs,  etc   –  Code  review  tool,  ie.  Fisheye/Crucible,  gerrit     •  ConversaBon/Pair  programming   –  Just  make  sure  outcome  is  captured  Summary – where to raise a code review?
  32. •  Use  tools,  don’t  be  a  tool   HOW? •  Check  for  duplicaBons/complexity   •  Asses  impact  on  other  systems   •  Make  sure  code  is  clear  and  self-­‐ descripBve  Summary - how to perform a good code review?
  33. hZp://www.atlassian.com/angrynerds/     hZp://www.flickr.com/photos/dawgbyte77/3058349367/   hZp://www.flickr.com/photos/zzpza/3269784239/   hZp://www.flickr.com/photos/toolmanBm/6170448143/   hZp://www.flickr.com/photos/coyau/7630782996/   hZp://www.flickr.com/photos/73885983@N02/6729908421/      Credits…
  34. The  Ten  Commandments  of  Egoless  Programming:  hZp://alturl.com/q4dpa     The  Code  review:  hZp://www.soulbroken.co.uk/blog/2010/07/the-­‐code-­‐review/       Fisheye/Crucible:  hZp://www.atlassian.com/sokware/crucible/overview     Gerrit:  hZp://code.google.com/p/gerrit/     Github:  hZps://github.com/     PHPUnit:  hZp://phpunit.de       PHP  CodeSniffer:  hZp://pear.php.net/PHP_CodeSniffer       PHP  Depend:  hZp://pdepend.org/       PHP  Mess  Detector:  hZp://phpmd.org/       Sonar:  hZp://www.sonarsource.org/    …and references
  35. Ques1ons?   h?ps://                              /7056  Q&A

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