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Re: D'oh! Oh, for lack of a code review.

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Don Y wrote:

> On 9/21/2014 5:28 PM, Paul E Bennett wrote:
>> I like Tim's idea of forming Code Review Circles, which is one way of
>> keeping the "Lone Wolf Developer" from going too insane. Fortunately I
>> have a few friends that will help review material for me (documents as
>> well as code and drawings). I do similar for them too. It is part of what
>> networking is all about.
> 
> I think this is only practical in "dense" areas -- and, only with
> contractors. Folks who have 9-to-5's tend to want to leave work behind at
> 5 (and would probably not be compensated to do this sort of thing on the
> company's dime!)
> 
> You can do this "long distance" but in my experiences, it loses a lot of
> the intimacy and energy that "in person" reviews seem to exhibit.  And,
> a lot more gets overlooked (because of the "cost" of bringing someone's
> attention to an issue -- wondering if everyone else has already made a
> similar observation).
> 
> It's *really* nice to have a bunch of heads looking at the *same* thing...
> knowing where each other's gaze/focus is drifting, etc.
> 
> It's a LOT easier to do hardware reviews remotely.  Especially with
> interactive video, etc.  "Everything" is visible at one time -- to
> everyone, etc.

I would never suggest having a whole software project dumped on the reviewer 
in one go. However, if you follow the rules about creating readable code, 
decompose functionality and partition well enough you should be able to get 
small bits reviewed no matter how remote your review partner is. 

They need sight of the (part) specification that led to your design/code so 
that they can draw their own conclusions about whether you were on the right 
track or were making things over complex.

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D'oh!  Oh, for lack of a code review. Tim Wescott <seemywebsite@myfooter.really> - 2014-09-21 16:23 -0500
  Re: D'oh!  Oh, for lack of a code review. Clifford Heath <no.spam@please.net> - 2014-09-22 09:02 +1000
    Re: D'oh!  Oh, for lack of a code review. Simon Clubley <clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> - 2014-09-22 00:21 +0000
      Re: D'oh!  Oh, for lack of a code review. Clifford Heath <no.spam@please.net> - 2014-09-22 10:58 +1000
        Re: D'oh! Oh, for lack of a code review. Les Cargill <lcargill99@comcast.com> - 2014-09-21 22:28 -0500
      Re: D'oh!  Oh, for lack of a code review. rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2014-09-21 22:16 -0400
    Re: D'oh!  Oh, for lack of a code review. Paul E Bennett <Paul_E.Bennett@topmail.co.uk> - 2014-09-22 01:28 +0100
      Re: D'oh!  Oh, for lack of a code review. Don Y <this@is.not.me.com> - 2014-09-21 20:16 -0700
        Re: D'oh!  Oh, for lack of a code review. Bruce Varley - 2014-09-22 11:51 +0800
          Re: D'oh!  Oh, for lack of a code review. Don Y <this@is.not.me.com> - 2014-09-21 21:19 -0700
        Re: D'oh!  Oh, for lack of a code review. Paul E Bennett <Paul_E.Bennett@topmail.co.uk> - 2014-09-22 22:20 +0100
          Re: D'oh!  Oh, for lack of a code review. Don Y <this@is.not.me.com> - 2014-09-22 16:28 -0700
            Re: D'oh!  Oh, for lack of a code review. rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2014-09-23 00:43 -0400
        Re: D'oh!  Oh, for lack of a code review. rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2014-09-22 18:48 -0400
          Re: D'oh!  Oh, for lack of a code review. Don Y <this@is.not.me.com> - 2014-09-22 15:59 -0700
            Re: D'oh!  Oh, for lack of a code review. rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2014-09-23 00:49 -0400
    Re: D'oh!  Oh, for lack of a code review. Don Y <this@is.not.me.com> - 2014-09-22 16:15 -0700
      Re: D'oh!  Oh, for lack of a code review. Don Y <this@is.not.me.com> - 2014-09-22 16:30 -0700
  Re: D'oh!  Oh, for lack of a code review. David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2014-09-22 10:22 +0200
  Re: D'oh!  Oh, for lack of a code review. Hans-Bernhard Bröker <HBBroeker@t-online.de> - 2014-09-22 19:08 +0200
    Re: D'oh!  Oh, for lack of a code review. Tim Wescott <seemywebsite@myfooter.really> - 2014-09-22 13:59 -0500
      Re: D'oh!  Oh, for lack of a code review. Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2014-09-22 12:18 -0700
        Re: D'oh!  Oh, for lack of a code review. tim <tim@seemywebsite.com> - 2014-09-23 00:27 -0500
          Re: D'oh!  Oh, for lack of a code review. Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2014-09-23 18:35 -0500
      Re: D'oh!  Oh, for lack of a code review. David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2014-09-22 21:26 +0200
  Re: D'oh!  Oh, for lack of a code review. John Speth <johnspeth@yahoo.com> - 2014-09-22 16:24 -0700
    Re: D'oh!  Oh, for lack of a code review. Don Y <this@is.not.me.com> - 2014-09-22 16:34 -0700
    Re: D'oh!  Oh, for lack of a code review. rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2014-09-23 01:11 -0400

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