Editing Software Engineering (Fall 2025) (section)

=== November 20 (Thursday) -- Code review ===

'''Special guest speaker: Aaron Halfaker'''

Aaron Halfaker is a Principal Applied Research Scientist at [https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/people/ahalfaker/ Microsoft], working in Experiences and Devices. His work is changing what it means to be a software engineer. He'll talk about how maintaining software products changes when you have an AI component, his view on where the opportunities are for doing work with LLMs, and the shifts he is seeing in the job market for fresh CS grads. 

'''Before Class'''
* Read [https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1838606/files/folder/Week%209?preview=141659077 Reading Note 15]
* Watch [https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1838606/files/folder/Week%209?preview=141665701 my mini-lecture on code review]
* Read [https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1838606/files/folder/Week%209?preview=141657976 Ch 18] from Oram and Wilson's '''Making Software''' 
* Read [https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1838606/files/folder/Week%209?preview=141658106 this article from Vijayvergiya et al (2024)] on AI-Assisted code review.

'''Class Goals:'''
* [https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1838606/files/folder/Week%209?preview=141659077 Discuss Reading Note 15]
* In-class activity
* Standup
* Hands-on / triage issues with Task 6

'''In-class Resources:'''
* [https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1838606/files/folder/Week%209?preview=141997632 the Miro discussion board]

'''Optional:'''

* Alberto Bacchelli: [https://youtu.be/_SJL7vepQvU?si=UP5OSH_1GauBe_w5 How code review works (and doesn't) in the real world]
* Kelly Blincoe: [https://youtu.be/qaO00CLqLkI?si=9M79HVFAOCJD6Dau The effects of destructive criticism in code review]
* Chouchen et al (2021): [https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1838606/files/folder/Week%209?preview=141658629 Anti-patterns in modern code review]