about this book
Looks Good to Me: Constructive Code Reviews was written to be THE code review book. It intends to be the referenceable, immediately applicable, and discussion-starting book on code reviews your team won’t stop talking about (in a good way). We start with the “what” and “why” of code reviews and then engage in a step-by-step process of building your team’s first code review before teaching you essential skills, like automation, collaboratively creating team agreements, and comment writing, that let you perform code reviews well. We finish with the trickier stuff—dilemmas that can delay your code review or weaken its effectiveness and how to consider code reviews with other practices.
Who should read this book
Do you write and review code? Then YOU should. To be a bit more specific, Looks Good to Me would be valuable for developers who want to make their current code review process better, who want to establish a new code review process for their team, or are tired of ineffective reviews and need some inspiration on how to change them. This book is especially relevant for those who have grown resentful of the code review process due to “human bottlenecks” but would like to resolve them to change their feelings on the process! Lastly, technical leads and software development managers who want to support and enable their team to build the best code review process that works for them will also find value in this book.