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44 questions linked to/from Checklist for how to write a good Code Review question
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What's a Zombie? And what are the many other memes of Code Review?
What is a Zombie? Why are Code Reviewers so violent and talking about killing Zombies all the time? And what ammo are they talking about? What is a TS? What does RSA mean?
And what other Code Review-...
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How to get the best value out of Code Review - Asking Questions
I have a project I am working on, and I would like some, or all of it
reviewed, how can I ask for this review on Code Review in a way that
produces the best possible value?
This is not about a ...
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How is this site different from Stack Overflow? [duplicate]
I've decided to check this site out since it was tweeted by the great Jeff Atwood himself. The first question I saw was "Advice on making ruby code more ruby-like", which is the kind of question I see ...
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Code Review is getting boring
Boring
I find that Code Review is getting pretty boring and unprofessional. The reason why I think this way is that many good questions about real-world problems don't get very much attention. Instead,...
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Does Code Review systematically prefer the least important code, and what can we do about it?
There are already a large number of intrinsic hurdles before production code can get reviewed; it can be against company policy, paid developers are likely less open to criticisms and new coders are ...
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How to post a follow-up question?
Sometimes I stumble upon follow-up questions, where code is being posted again after having gone through a review (or two).
Examples of possible sets of follow up questions:
Find missing numbers - ...
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What tips would you suggest to increase tag activity?
I honestly looked for a dupe for this but could not find one. If it did exist I would assume it was tag-centric so I didn't notice.
I have been doing powershell on SO for some time now and have a ...
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Should I be asking shorter questions?
Background
I've been meaning to ask this for a while, and this meta question prompted me to finally write something. I've read the answers to that question and the ones to which it links, and the ...
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What makes a good question? [duplicate]
I think it would be a good idea to compile a list of guidelines on how to ask good question. What information should be present, how to structure it, etc.
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Tackling overwhelmingly long questions
I'm wondering how some users handle huge amounts of code. There's a vba question out there right now that I would really like to review. However, as stated in the question - it's 1400 lines.
I know ...
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What is the best way to ask about distinct aspects of a project?
I have a project that I've undertaken to better understand several distinct aspects of the language and system I'm learning and am wondering what the best approach to asking about these aspects is.
I'...
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Checklist or general directions on how to write a good CR-ish answer
This question is intended to be the counterpart of Checklist for how to write a good Code Review question.
Getting started with Code Review:
New users often seem to have problems to understand, what ...
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How can I make my question get more attention?
I have written a question that hasn't gotten an answer in several days, and there's not much activity on my question (votes, views, comments).
What can I do to draw more attention to my question?
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Hot Network Questions Policy
As of recently, moderators have the ability to remove a CR question from the HNQ list.
There are times when the hotness formula selects a question that a site would rather not have featured. Up ...
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Should I include code or a link to a test project for the code being reviewed?
I have some code (a library) of about 25,000 characters (~1000 lines) that I would like to have reviewed.
I have a test project (Windows project with Windows Forms) for that code. Is it a good idea ...