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Implementing Effective Code Reviews

How to Build and Maintain Clean Code

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  • Study the general structural smells to look at during code reviews including design, re-usability, control structures and APIs
  • Learn how to determine whether the design and code is aligned with actual business goals
  • Practice your grasp on concepts through checklists at the end of every chapter within the book

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
  2. The Art of Programming

    • Giuliana Carullo
    Pages 1-10
  3. Code Structure

    • Giuliana Carullo
    Pages 11-26
  4. Data Structures

    • Giuliana Carullo
    Pages 27-42
  5. Design Smells

    • Giuliana Carullo
    Pages 43-57
  6. Software Architectures

    • Giuliana Carullo
    Pages 59-92
  7. From Scratch

    • Giuliana Carullo
    Pages 93-105
  8. Naming and Formatting Conventions

    • Giuliana Carullo
    Pages 107-118
  9. Comments

    • Giuliana Carullo
    Pages 119-128
  10. Concurrency, Parallelism, and Performances

    • Giuliana Carullo
    Pages 129-141
  11. Security

    • Giuliana Carullo
    Pages 143-159
  12. Code Reviews

    • Giuliana Carullo
    Pages 161-175
  13. Back Matter

    Pages 177-196

About this book

The ideal code review process differs from organization to organization, but the needs all boil down to the same foundational factors. A software development team cannot properly grow if its code reviews are not consistent, straightforward, and aspire to hit several company goals at once, such as security, performance, longevity, and more. Implementing Effective Code Reviews is the manual your team has been seeking.

Author Giuliana Carullo uses her expert background to guide you through the basics of building and maintaining clean code, and she is known for distilling complex concepts into entertaining and easy-to-grasp lessons. Healthy code requires incremental improvements, and knowing how to execute this is essential for conducting effective reviews on your team. While complex and fancy code can be interesting to work with, it will not always achieve business goals or solve urgent problems. Good coding practices are at the heart of a high-performing team, and Carulloinstills these core values in a simple, straight-forward way in Implementing Effective Code Reviews.

Whether you are a passionate programmer looking to go the extra mile at the office, or an experienced software engineer seeking a guide to how to improve your leadership and code review process, this book covers it all. With each chapter wrapped up in a handy checklist of crucial takeaways, Carullo has created an essential handbook for coders everywhere. There are a lot of myths that dominate the programming landscape, and Implementing Effective Code Reviews grounds the process and gets to the heart of the matter. 



What You Will Learn
  • Understand how to work with your team to implement effective code reviews
  • Master good programming practices that will build healthy code
  • Discover how you should tackle different complex areas during code review like, security and performance 



Who This Book Is For



Passionate programmers willing to go the extra mile to be better at their jobs, new programmers looking to strengthen their programming skills, and experienced software engineers looking for a quick guide on how to review code

Authors and Affiliations

  • Dublin, Ireland

    Giuliana Carullo

About the author

Giuliana Carullo, CCSK, PSM certified, is a Research Engineering Manager at Tenable. With over 15 years of engineering experience, she has grown her expertise mainly in the networking, security, cloud computing, telecommunications, and Internet of Things (IoT) industries. Through her career, she's has worn many hats, including researcher, engineer, project manager, and engineering manager. Giuliana has been doing research in a number of application fields for over 7 years, 5 of which in the InfoSec area. She dealt with research in a number of application fields, from academia to industrial research, within SMEs (small and mid-size enterprises) and corporations, including Intel and Ericsson. As the author of 15 research papers and several books, Giuliana loves to make even difficult concepts entertaining and easy to grasp.

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Buying options

eBook USD 54.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 69.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

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