Java User Group Switzerland: Event "Cracking The Code Review From Guesswork to Automated Guidance"

Paco van Beckhoven is a passionate software engineer that likes to challenge the world and the software around him. He works as a software engineer at Hexagon where his main focus is to improve the development process. Five years ago, he started speaking at conferences to entertain, and more importantly, educate visitors on various topics with a focus on software quality.

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LOCATION: Zürich
ROOM: PH Zürich, Lagerstrasse 2, 8090 Zürich, Building LAC, Room E071, Travel instructions
KEYWORDS: Concept, Methods, Tools

Code reviews are vital for ensuring good code quality and fostering teamwork. They serve as one of our last lines of defense against bugs and subpar code reaching production. Yet, they often turn into annoying tasks riddled with frustration, hostility, unclear feedback and lack of standard practices. How can we improve this crucial process?

From a decade’s worth of experience and consulting across varied companies, I’ve extracted essential lessons about code reviews. In this session we will cover:

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LEVELS:

BEGINNER
The presented topic is new to the audience or only little and superficial experience exists. This talk will mainly cover basic aspects of the topic and not go into much detail.

INTERMEDIATE
The presented topic is known to the audience, serious practical experience is expected. This talk might cover some basic aspects of the topic, but will as well go into depth and details.

ADVANCED
The presented topic is well-known to the audience, serious practical experience and a deep understanding are required. This talk will not cover basics of the topic, but will go into depth, might discuss details, compare different approaches, and so on.

ALL
The topic presented is of interest to all levels and does not require any special prior knowledge.