Self-Governing Code - Using Static Analysis and Automated Testing to Eliminate Word-of-Mouth Standards

The Problem Have you ever submitted code for review that is working perfectly and has great unit tests, but the response you get is, “Oh, we use tabs for indentation” or “We use ALL_CAPS_WITH_UNDERSCORES for static variable names. Please change, thx!”? Even though these fixes are easy to make, it can still frustrating that you didn’t know about these standards beforehand.