Linked Questions
44 questions linked to/from Checklist for how to write a good Code Review question
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Help a new user avoid being off-topic
I am new to Code Review (but not new to Stack Exchange in general). I'm puzzled by the reasoning for putting this question on hold and would like some advice on how to be on-topic in this and future ...
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Is it appropriate to ask for review on an entire GitHub repo?
I have a Python application that I created a while back and I'm hoping to have someone with more Python experience than me look over the entire project and let me know if both the structure of the ...
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If in doubt, post the question on Meta first?
Not for lack of trying, I get downvotes on some questions. And on those questions I nevertheless often get answers. So if I try to delete the question to approach it differently, I get the warning ...
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"throw-away" code review (pre-bootstrap)?
I'm coding the MELT monitor on github (GPLv3+ licensed free software, alpha stage). Ultimately most of the code I am coding manually now should be replaced by generated code.
It is my first "Web" ...
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Good format to post code for review
I have a project that I used to try out in-memory databases. After fighting it for a few days, I'm code blind and need to have it reviewed. I haven't been on this particular site much (I'm well ...
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Negative engagement, ganging up, question closing, downvoting
I am relatively new to Code Review, so I don't know if this Stack Exchange site suffers particularly from counter-productive interaction by negatively critical senior users but I'm certainly seeing it ...
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What to do about "It's asking for more details"?
For a while now we've had "Clippy", which among other things has support for detecting when there's a lot of code posted but not a lot of description.
The feature is nice and comes with good ...
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Is it acceptable to ask for help refactoring code?
I've recently started working with Elixir and am working hard to write my code "the elixir way." In doing this, I've written some code which is obviously bad and unreadable.
I would like to post a ...
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Are questions mostly unrelated to the presented code on-topic?
So we had an argument whether this question is on topic:
RESTful movie shop
I see this question as off-topic although it seems to satisfy most rules.
There's code. It works. It's real...
But the ...
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Project translation from Java to C#
I have translated a project from Java to C#. I want to have a review of this project as some of the results are not as desired though the code is executing successfully.
How to share this project ...
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Was splitting my code review into 6 parts excessive?
Got this comment:
Please take rest, you already have monopolized the Code Review.
– S. M.
2023-09-20 18:28:46Z, License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Not sure what the best action is.
Going forward, should I limit ...
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Why am I getting downvotes for not working code when it's working code?
I've become a little frustrated with Code Review. They said my code does not output a valid Sudoku when it in fact does. Is it that people are confused of my code and don't realize that it's in fact ...
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"Lacks concrete context”, et al - drivng in the wrong direction
Over the last 2 months I have seen a significant proportion of questions closed, or marooned/abandoned by the threat of being closed. I understand the official figures are in region of 20-40% (about ...
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How should question bodies be organized?
The format that I know for question bodies is:
Intro, often explaining where the problem originated.
A problem statement explaining what the code is supposed to do.
Perhaps a little more ...
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Code review of YouTube video
I have a YouTube playlist that I have created showing my iterative approach on a subject ("C# CUSTOM Script Language Creation").
I know that sites like this one have some limitations as to what is ...