--- title: The Questions I Ask Before Calling Frontend Code Done description: A checklist-style approach to self-reviewing frontend code before marking it done, going beyond checking that a feature works. Key points include spotting... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-questions-i-ask-before-calling-frontend-code-done-7mx0gahwu twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The Questions I Ask Before Calling Frontend Code Done | daily.dev og:description: A checklist-style approach to self-reviewing frontend code before marking it done, going beyond checking that a feature works. Key points include spotting... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-questions-i-ask-before-calling-frontend-code-done-7mx0gahwu og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/7mx0gaHWu.png og:image:alt: The Questions I Ask Before Calling Frontend Code Done 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. # The Questions I Ask Before Calling Frontend Code Done **[Ruksana C M](https://daily.dev/sources/rr6rbdq8fl400uzuwbcnv)** · [@ruksana](https://daily.dev/ruksana) · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A checklist-style approach to self-reviewing frontend code before marking it done, going beyond checking that a feature works. Key points include spotting unnecessary state, imports, and duplicate logic; verifying component responsibilities; handling loading, error, empty, and null/undefined cases; catching redundant API calls and race conditions; checking naming and consistency; and reviewing the actual git diff with fresh eyes. The core idea is a quick 5-minute self-review mindset rather than a full formal code review on every change. ## Content Found this really good read on **Minimal Frontend Self-Review**. What I liked about it is that it goes beyond _“does the feature work?”_ and focuses on taking a quick second look at our code from a maintenance and production perspective. Some of the things it covers: - Unnecessary state, imports, and duplicate logic - Component responsibilities - Loading, error, empty, `null`/`undefined` cases - Redundant API calls and race conditions - Naming, semantics, and consistency - Reviewing the actual Git diff with a fresh perspective The **5-minute self-review mindset** especially stood out to me - we don't need to do a full code review on every change, but taking one skeptical look before calling something done can catch a lot of issues. Worth a read 👉 [Minimal Frontend Self-Review](https://www.nextree.io/en/self-review-for-faster-front-end-development/) ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [A person at the other end – Frontend Masters Blog](https://daily.dev/posts/a-person-at-the-other-end-frontend-masters-blog-efszvyzkw) · Frontend Masters · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#webdev](https://daily.dev/tags/webdev), [#frontend](https://daily.dev/tags/frontend), [#code-review](https://daily.dev/tags/code-review) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/the-questions-i-ask-before-calling-frontend-code-done-7mx0gahwu) ```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":"DiscussionForumPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-questions-i-ask-before-calling-frontend-code-done-7mx0gahwu","headline":"The Questions I Ask Before Calling Frontend Code Done","text":"A checklist-style approach to self-reviewing frontend code before marking it done, going beyond checking that a feature works. 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