code review

code review noun: the practice, or an instance, of identifying and verifying the choice of algorithms, coding styles and compliance with the software design.

Noun

code review (countable and uncountable, plural code reviews)

The practice, or an instance, of identifying and verifying the choice of algorithms, coding styles and compliance with the software design.
- After several painful episodes, we've decided to adopt code review for all major changes.
- How did that get through two separate code reviews?

Verb

code review (third-person singular simple present code reviews, present participle code reviewing, simple past and past participle code reviewed)

(transitive) To perform a code review on.
- Did anyone code review that class before it went into the shipping version?
- These changes are code-reviewed by other team members and merged to the main branch upon approval.2021, Billy Yuen, Alexander Matyushentsev, Todd Ekenstam, Jesse Suen, GitOps and Kubernetes […] , Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 11
Synonyms:

review

Synonyms of code review

review

Forms of code review

Noun
plural	code reviews
Verb
third-person singular present	code reviews
present participle	code reviewing
past participle	code reviewed
past	code reviewed

Questions about code review

What does code review mean?: Code review means the practice, or an instance, of identifying and verifying the choice of algorithms, coding styles and compliance with the software design.
What part of speech is code review?: Code review can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of code review?: The plural of code review is code reviews.

Words near code review in the dictionary

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