3 Building your team’s first code review process
This chapter covers
- A step-by-step process on how to build your team’s first code review
- Establishing goals and expectations
- Choosing a workflow and tools/platform
- Setting guidelines
- How to make changes to your code review process
If you’re brand new to code reviews and don’t currently have a process in place, this chapter is for you! Using three phases, you’ll build your first code review process together with your team. First, you’ll establish your team’s code review goals. Next, you’ll decide on the tools or platform you’ll use and the basic workflow your team will follow. Then (in my opinion, one of the most important phases), you’ll set some guidelines around your review. After spending some time trying out your process, you can use the fourth phase to learn how to make changes to and refine your code review. Get ready for a lot of conversations and open discussions with your colleagues!