From the course: Programming Foundations: Conducting Code Reviews

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Handle code review comments

Handle code review comments

From the course: Programming Foundations: Conducting Code Reviews

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Handle code review comments

- [Instructor] After receiving a review, your reviewer has likely left code review comments, including technical feedback on your code. Depending on who reviews your code, these comments can feel very constructive and helpful and sometimes they can feel strict, uncalled for, and un-useful. No matter what code review comments are left on your PR, do not take it personally. The goal for you and your reviewer is to add new features while maintaining the quality of the code base. Sometimes, if your PR gets a ton of review comments, you might feel as though you didn't do a good job on the change. But most of the time, that's not the case. Code review comments are a great place to initiate discussion and give realization on how a given change might impact the overall design. The code review comments are about the code base and are meant to make the code base better. So while it's easy to get defensive while receiving feedback, especially technical feedback, code review comments are never a…

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