Code Review Skills
Review code and receive reviews well: what to check and how to write comments.
What you'll learn
- Review for correctness, readability and tests
- Write clear, kind review comments
- Keep pull requests small
- Respond to feedback on your code
About this course
You review real pull requests from sample projects and write comments. You learn what to check first, how to phrase feedback and how to respond to reviews of your own code.
Course curriculum
4 modules and 12 lessons over 3 weeks. Plan for about 9 learning hours.
01What to checkWeek 1 · 3 lessons
- Correctness
- Readability
- Tests
02Writing commentsWeek 1 · 3 lessons
- Tone
- Suggestions
- Blocking versus optional
03Pull requestsWeek 2 · 3 lessons
- Size
- Descriptions
- Checklists
04PracticeWeek 3 · 3 lessons
- Five sample reviews
- Model answers
- Your own PR
Project
Review practice. Written reviews of five sample pull requests compared with model reviews.
Who this course is for
Developers who are starting to review code on a team.
Prerequisites
You use Git and GitHub pull requests.
What's included
- 120-day course access
- Step-by-step lessons
- Practice files
- Reusable code templates
- A graded final exercise
- A digital completion certificate
Learning format
Self-paced practical course, part of our self-paced courses. Graded final exercise with written feedback.
Access and delivery
- Enrollment is activated within 15 minutes after payment.
- Final exercise feedback is delivered within 2 business days of submission, and the completion certificate is issued within 2 business days after passing the final exercise.
Certificate
You receive a digital completion certificate. Final exercise feedback is delivered within 2 business days of submission, and the completion certificate is issued within 2 business days after passing the final exercise.
Frequently asked questions
When does access start?
Enrollment is activated within 15 minutes after payment.
Is payment taken on this website?
No. After you submit your enrollment request, we reply by email with payment details and enrollment confirmation.
Does this course guarantee a job or income?
No. It is an education and training service and does not include employment, income or placement guarantees.
Can I cancel?
Our Refund and Cancellation Policy lists the terms for self-paced course programs.
