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A Guide to Measuring and Improving Code Quality

Mike San Román · LeadDev Free Intermediate

A grounded guide to what 'code quality' means and how experienced teams measure it, without pretending one number captures it. It helps you understand what your reviewer is actually looking at and why 'are there tests?' is such a load-bearing question. Read it to have a more useful conversation with the developer you bring in.

  • No single metric captures quality
  • Tests and readability are the core signals
  • Quality is about safe change, not perfection
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The question it answers

  1. How do I evaluate the code quality of a build I inherited from an agency?

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