Questions tagged [repeated-reviews]

For concerns regarding common issues in code often pointed out in reviews.

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'Canonical' questions to help address common issues

Short Version I believe it would be valuable to create a 'canonical' question/answer of sorts for each language, and I am hoping to get others' thoughts on this. These questions and answers would ...
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Create a reference for newbie common mistakes

What I suggest I'd like to open a community wiki post that address and explain the most common beginners bad-practices/mistakes in an XXX language, to be used as a reference when answering. Reason ...
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Python - Common Improvements [closed]

What are the most common improvements of Python code you've applied or seen applied (to you or someone else) here on codereview?
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Common Review Quotes

In my reviews a couple of points come up again and again (and again). It's like somebody is teaching bad practice out there. As a result a lot of my reviews look very similar (or get terse with my ...
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Is it time to start broadening the definition of duplicates?

sql-injection is commonly a concern in PHP, and it is a common request to ask when presenting code for a Code Review here. There are only so many ways you can propose a question that relates to SQL ...
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My reviews feel like a broken record [duplicate]

I don't know how bad it is for other languages, but for CSS reviews, I feel like I keep pointing out the same mistakes every time: Lack of shorthand Failure to use more semantic HTML5 elements when ...
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Duplicated answers for duplicate patterns/subroutines

Question 1 - Answer 1 Question 2 - Answer 2 Question 3 - Answer 3 More duplicates of this pattern from the same user: Iterator for binary tree - pre, in, and post order iterators Isomorphic trees ...
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Codereview building blocks [duplicate]

There are some unfortunate habits most beginners — and even some experienced! — programmers make. For example, in Python it is common to not know about PEP8 ...
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