Code Quality

Overview

Code quality is not just about style — it is about reducing cognitive load, catching bugs earlier, and making codebases easier to change safely. This domain covers the tools and practices we use to enforce and sustain quality at every stage of development.

Topics

• Git Best Practices — Branching strategy, commit conventions, release hygiene, and secrets awareness
• Linting Standards — IDE-level enforcement and shared linting configuration
• Pre-Commit Hooks — Automated checks before code reaches the repository
• Testing Standards — The test pyramid, flakiness policy, coverage targets, and what each level of test is for
• Code Review Best Practices — How we give and receive effective feedback
• Documentation Standards — What to document, how to write it, and how to keep it accurate across READMEs, docstrings, and inline comments
• Static Analysis & Quality Gates — Deep code analysis and enforcement thresholds in CI
• Dependency Management — How to select, version, audit, and maintain third-party dependencies without accumulating supply-chain risk
• Reducing Code Smells & Anti-Patterns — Identifying and eliminating common quality issues
• Refactoring Techniques — Safe approaches to improving existing code