Essential reading / learning resources for the code reviewer? [closed]

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The title says it all really.

What materials have you read (or in another way learned from) that make you a better reviewer?

1 item per answer please - let the good ones get the votes ;-)

Hopefully we can all add codereview.stackexchange.com to this list soon!
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Questions about the discipline and practice of code reviews should be posted to programmers.stackexchange.com. This site is for sharing code from projects you're working on to get peer feedback and review.

2 revs Greg Buehler · Answer 1 · 2011-01-20 15:31:17Z

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Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code

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this one should be mandatory reading – LRE Jan 19 '11 at 23:06

How do I make my links nice like this to Amazon? – Mark Loeser Jan 20 '11 at 1:37

@Mark Add ** for boldness! – Greg Buehler Jan 20 '11 at 5:06

2 revs, 2 users 67% anon · Answer 2 · 2011-01-20 21:24:35Z

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Code Complete (1st or 2nd Edition)

Code Complete

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3 revs, 2 users 53% Mark Loeser · Answer 3 · 2011-01-20 21:27:09Z

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I'm amazed this one hasn't been mentioned yet. Anyone doing any software development should read this:

Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object Oriented Software

Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object Oriented Software

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	+1, was just going to add that one – cbrulak Jan 20 '11 at 2:19
	add Head First Design Patterns as the introduction and you've got a winner – LRE Jan 21 '11 at 3:43

2 revs, 2 users 60% palacsint · Answer 4 · 2012-08-10 12:54:56Z

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Programmers.StackExchange (which is also where this question should be posted)

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greatwolf · Answer 5 · 2011-01-19 23:52:54Z

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I would add to the list

Then again, I'd imagine SO already has a pretty comprehensive book listing on this subject

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-1: Too localized to a single language. – Sergio Tapia Jan 21 '11 at 1:00

DigitalSea · Answer 6 · 2011-01-20 02:21:31Z

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Definitely without a doubt a website called Refactor my Code. It's not something you can physically read, but in relation to code reviewing, it can sometimes be a big help.

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Andrey Rekalo · Answer 7 · 2011-01-20 13:55:25Z

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Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship

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cbrulak · Answer 8 · 2011-01-19 22:43:30Z

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Facts and Fallacies of software engineering: http://www.amazon.ca/Facts-Fallacies-Software-Engineering-Robert/dp/0321117425

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	Why two answers? I suppose this is better for a community wiki question, but I'm not sure. – Donovan Jan 19 '11 at 23:03
	@Alberteddu - I did ask for one item per answer to allow people to vote on individual items – LRE Jan 19 '11 at 23:09
	Oh, did not see the one item per answer thing in your question. I'm sorry. – Donovan Jan 19 '11 at 23:21
	+1 I removed my answer - didn't see this one :) – Aim Kai Jan 20 '11 at 14:07