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How to become a better Code Reviewer - Part 3 : How to write code review comments?

When it comes to writing code review comments do make sure that you are polite ,kind and encourage developers .


  • Respect:

1) Be kind and helpful to the developer whose code you are reviewing.
2) Make sure that you always comment about the code and not about the developer.


  • Explanation:

1) Always make sure to explain why you are making the comment
2) Try to give a "good/valid" example so that it would help developer to understand. It is always necessary to provide examples.


  • Guidance:

1) Don't provide the solution or write code for developer rather provide useful information so that it is developer's responsibility to fix a change list.
2) Maintain a balance between pointing out the problems and providing a guidance.


Thanks:

Thanks all for reading through this series . Hope you will be trying to implement this in real time practices and become a better code reviewer. If you like my post please do give feedback below , i will try to change if there are any mistakes in my future posts.

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