what to look for

We've previously covered at What to Look for in Java 8 Code, now Java is moving faster than ever it's time to do an update and cover what to look for in Java 9 code. While Java 9 has even now been replaced with Java 10, and Java 11 in coming in September, these Java 9 features are, of course, availa…

In earlier blog posts we've talked about general things to look for during a code review. Recently I've been working a lot with Java 8, and I'm starting to have some opinions on what modern Java code should look like.  I've written about some of my Top Tips from an IntelliJ IDEA point of view, but I…

We’ve had two themes running through the articles on what to look for in a code review: Lots of what we’re tempted to look for can (and should) be automated Humans are good at checking things computers can not. In this final post in the series, we’re going to look at the grey area in betwee…

This is part 6 of 6 posts on what to look for in a code review. See previous posts from the series. How much work you do building a secure, robust system is like anything else on your project - it depends upon the project itself, where it’s running, who’s using it, what data it has access to, etc…

This is part 5 of 6 posts on what to look for in a code review. See other posts from the series. In today's post we'll look more closely at the design of the code itself, specifically checking to see if it follows good practice Object Oriented Design.  As with all the other areas we've covered, n…

This is part 4 of 6 posts on what to look for in a code review. See previous posts from the series. Data structures are a fundamental part of programming - so much so it's actually one of the areas that's consistently taught in Computer Science courses. And yet it's surprisingly easy to misuse th…

This is part 3 of 6 posts on what to look for in a code review. See other posts from the series. In part three of our series on code reviews, we’re going to cover what you can look for in terms of the performance of the code under review. As with all architecture/design areas, the non-function…

This is part 2 of 6 posts on what to look for in a code review. See other posts from the series. In the last post we talked about a wide variety of things you could look for in a code review. Now we’ll focus on one area: what to look for in the test code. This article assumes: Your team al…

This is part 1 of 6 posts on what to look for in a code review. See other posts from the series. Let’s talk about code reviews. If you take only a few seconds to search for information about code reviews, you’ll see a lot of articles about why code reviews are a Good Thing (for example, this post by…