--- title: My Code Review Experience as a Junior Developer: What I... description: A junior developer shares practical lessons learned from conducting code reviews, emphasizing the importance of mentorship over judgment. The guide covers... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/xpj7sezwv twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: My Code Review Experience as a Junior Developer: What I Learned and How to Review as a Team? | daily.dev og:description: A junior developer shares practical lessons learned from conducting code reviews, emphasizing the importance of mentorship over judgment. The guide covers... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/xpj7sezwv og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/XpJ7seZwv.png og:image:alt: Post cover image 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. # My Code Review Experience as a Junior Developer: What I Learned and How to Review as a Team? **[Sumonta Saha \(Mridul\)](https://daily.dev/sources/oy53egvldsfhhkhkvd69g)** · [@sumonta056](https://daily.dev/sumonta056) · 106 upvotes · 12 comments ## Summary A junior developer shares practical lessons learned from conducting code reviews, emphasizing the importance of mentorship over judgment. The guide covers essential aspects including maintaining a supportive tone, using the CEDAR feedback framework, and providing a comprehensive checklist covering design, functionality, complexity, naming, and performance. Key insights include using collaborative language ('we' instead of 'you'), explaining the reasoning behind every suggestion, and viewing code reviews as mutual learning opportunities that shape team culture. ## 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. **@victormoni** · 1 upvotes > Nice article, thanks for sharing! **@trungjamin88** · 1 upvotes > Thank you for your great sharings <3 **@telvinteum** · 1 upvotes > What a time I came across this post 2 days left for my interview 😂😂 **@ifechukwu001** · 1 upvotes > A really nice read. > > I liked how you explained the _CEDAR framework_. > I've not heard about it before, is it an original? **@jerlabor** · 1 upvotes > What a good read. It gave me ideas when doing code reviews. It's nice to know how other people do code reviews. --- Tags: [#leadership](https://daily.dev/tags/leadership), [#code-review](https://daily.dev/tags/code-review) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/xpj7sezwv) ```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/xpj7sezwv","headline":"My Code Review Experience as a Junior Developer: What I Learned and How to Review as a Team?","text":"Shared: My Code Review Experience as a Junior Developer: What I Learned and How to Review as a Team?","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/xpj7sezwv","datePublished":"2025-10-09T09:19:04.667Z","dateModified":"2025-10-09T09:19:21.650Z","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Sumonta Saha (Mridul)","url":"https://daily.dev/sumonta056","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--1WBDxE4J--/f_auto/v1740024703/avatars/avatar_oy53egVldSfhhKhkvD69g","description":"Associate Software Engineer I at Cefalo | Content Writer, Learn \u0026 Code (400+ Subs)","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Cefalo","logo":"https://res.cloudinary.com/daily-now/image/upload/s--vxigpqsd--/f_auto/v1728569671/companies/cefalo"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"EndorseAction"},"userInteractionCount":1940}},"image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--CxzD6vbw--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2005","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":106},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":12}],"sharedContent":{"@type":"WebPage","url":"https://api.daily.dev/r/SfKRtLP4J"},"comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"Nice article, thanks for sharing!","datePublished":"2025-11-02T02:28:10.707Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/XpJ7seZwv#c-zcetPrKMB","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Victor Moni","url":"https://daily.dev/victormoni","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--72Wi69ZE--/f_auto/v1784758172/avatars/avatar_sIZQvrf20yqY9CA4XcUjD?_a=BAMAMicg0"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Thank you for your great sharings \u0026lt;3","datePublished":"2025-11-11T06:44:54.417Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/XpJ7seZwv#c-MCSP49eOE","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"TrungJamin","url":"https://daily.dev/trungjamin88","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/111328770?v=4"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"What a time I came across this post 2 days left for my interview 😂😂","datePublished":"2025-12-02T21:35:58.675Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/XpJ7seZwv#c-TN4l5BISP","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"TELVIN TEUM","url":"https://daily.dev/telvinteum","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--Xm3EENwc--/f_auto/v1764264817/avatars/avatar_fHXKQsFKEpHqADEmpsXk2?_a=BAMAK+ZW0"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"A really nice read.\nI liked how you explained the CEDAR framework.\nI’ve not heard about it before, is it an original?","datePublished":"2025-11-24T13:29:06.717Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/XpJ7seZwv#c-oAwca7Gy6","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Ifechukwu Ogidi","url":"https://daily.dev/ifechukwu001","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/AGNmyxZFKopBxtKLDa-hrbDPO-mXupsokTtJ68SpBNNs=s96-c"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"What a good read. It gave me ideas when doing code reviews. 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