--- title: Backend Code Review Checklist | daily.dev description: A checklist for backend code reviews covering code style, maintainability, requirements, API design, documentation, error handling, security, dependencies,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/backend-code-review-checklist-lkwgd4u6n twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Backend Code Review Checklist | daily.dev og:description: A checklist for backend code reviews covering code style, maintainability, requirements, API design, documentation, error handling, security, dependencies,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/backend-code-review-checklist-lkwgd4u6n og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/lKWgD4U6N.png og:image:alt: Backend Code Review Checklist og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Backend Code Review Checklist **[DEV](https://daily.dev/sources/devto)** · 2 min read · 421 upvotes · 6 comments ## Summary A checklist for backend code reviews covering code style, maintainability, requirements, API design, documentation, error handling, security, dependencies, logging, testing, performance, version control, and spelling. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@ghost** · 5 upvotes > This is a D.O.D. ( Definition of Done )... good template to use for all Lead Engineers. Just turn it into a check list as part of the PR. **@daxesh\_solanki** · 1 upvotes > thanks for sharing, spelling mistakes are always in my API. 😅 **@alvii** · 0 upvotes > Thanks for sharing this post it's relly good! **@rakib8680** · 0 upvotes > very informative **@jordansnow\_thelegend** · 0 upvotes > This is a solid checklist template that can (and arguably should) serve as a baseline for server/backend code reviews. Love that the author threw this into a quick article - I'll be using this moving forward as a good starting point for a codebase checklist. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#architecture](https://daily.dev/tags/architecture), [#backend](https://daily.dev/tags/backend), [#productivity](https://daily.dev/tags/productivity) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/backend-code-review-checklist-lkwgd4u6n) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Backend Code Review Checklist","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/backend-code-review-checklist-lkwgd4u6n","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/backend-code-review-checklist-lkwgd4u6n"},"datePublished":"2024-04-02T01:45:37.017Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T08:39:06.345Z","description":"A checklist for backend code reviews covering code style, maintainability, requirements, API design, documentation, error handling, security, dependencies,...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/ea36e7fe1b573018c9f509b486935b9f?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/ea36e7fe1b573018c9f509b486935b9f?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"DEV","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"DEV","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/devto","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/devto"},"commentCount":6,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/backend-code-review-checklist-lkwgd4u6n","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":421},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":6}],"keywords":"architecture,backend,productivity","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"DEV","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/devto"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Backend Code Review Checklist"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/backend-code-review-checklist-lkwgd4u6n","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"This is a D.O.D. ( Definition of Done )… good template to use for all Lead Engineers. Just turn it into a check list as part of the PR.","datePublished":"2024-04-03T21:22:57.300Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/lKWgD4U6N#c-WSGfqFeIE","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Deleted user","url":"https://daily.dev/ghost","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--hNIUzLiO--/f_auto/v1705327420/public/ghost_vlftth"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":5}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"thanks for sharing, spelling mistakes are always in my API. 😅","datePublished":"2024-04-04T07:42:55.875Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/lKWgD4U6N#c-JyV3wZaRw","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Daxesh Solanki","url":"https://daily.dev/daxesh_solanki","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--O0TOmw4y--/f_auto/v1715772965/public/noProfile"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Thanks for sharing this post it’s relly good!","datePublished":"2024-05-11T00:03:19.110Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/lKWgD4U6N#c-89ZtnjxAn","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Álvaro Santana","url":"https://daily.dev/alvii","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/144732647?v=4"}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"very informative","datePublished":"2024-05-03T14:00:58.707Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/lKWgD4U6N#c-mBERlL1km","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Abdullah Al Rakib","url":"https://daily.dev/rakib8680","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/121743420?v=4"}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"This is a solid checklist template that can (and arguably should) serve as a baseline for server/backend code reviews. Love that the author threw this into a quick article - I’ll be using this moving forward as a good starting point for a codebase checklist.","datePublished":"2024-04-12T02:05:37.630Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/lKWgD4U6N#c-hFWMfkOyi","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jordan","url":"https://daily.dev/jordansnow_thelegend","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--yPHp1NdS--/f_auto/v1715097756/avatars/avatar_6420oCM7tZIwfPIKh8TGB"}}]} ```