Coding Exercises vs Code Reviews
Developers should engage in coding exercises to sharpen their problem-solving skills, prepare for technical interviews, and reinforce learning of new programming languages or frameworks meets developers should learn and use code reviews to enhance software reliability, reduce technical debt, and accelerate onboarding of team members by promoting code consistency and best practices. Here's our take.
Coding Exercises
Developers should engage in coding exercises to sharpen their problem-solving skills, prepare for technical interviews, and reinforce learning of new programming languages or frameworks
Coding Exercises
Nice PickDevelopers should engage in coding exercises to sharpen their problem-solving skills, prepare for technical interviews, and reinforce learning of new programming languages or frameworks
Pros
- +They are particularly useful for practicing algorithmic thinking, debugging, and writing efficient code under time constraints, which are essential for roles in software engineering, data science, and competitive programming
- +Related to: problem-solving, algorithms
Cons
- -Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case
Code Reviews
Developers should learn and use code reviews to enhance software reliability, reduce technical debt, and accelerate onboarding of team members by promoting code consistency and best practices
Pros
- +They are essential in agile and DevOps environments for continuous integration, particularly in collaborative projects, open-source development, and industries requiring high code quality such as finance or healthcare
- +Related to: version-control, git
Cons
- -Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case
The Verdict
Use Coding Exercises if: You want they are particularly useful for practicing algorithmic thinking, debugging, and writing efficient code under time constraints, which are essential for roles in software engineering, data science, and competitive programming and can live with specific tradeoffs depend on your use case.
Use Code Reviews if: You prioritize they are essential in agile and devops environments for continuous integration, particularly in collaborative projects, open-source development, and industries requiring high code quality such as finance or healthcare over what Coding Exercises offers.
Developers should engage in coding exercises to sharpen their problem-solving skills, prepare for technical interviews, and reinforce learning of new programming languages or frameworks
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