* Understand Coding Standards * Understand Code Quality

• Apply software engineering methods and practices especially in the context of high-performance computing.
• Develop parallel programs and to apply software engineering methods and best practices.
• Assess code quality using different metrics, e.g. length of functions, length of files, lines of code, complexity metrics, code coverage.
• Use static code analysis tools in order to calculate the metrics (e.g. http://cppcheck.sourceforge.net/).
• Identify bad code structures (known as bad smells) in order to assess the quality of the code design.

* Understand Refactoring

• Apply common code refactorings in order to improve code quality, such as extract method, extract class, rename class and when it is suitable to apply which refactoring.
• Apply refactoring that are specific to programming languages (e.g. Fortran).

* Understand Code Reviews

• Use a review system like Gerrit to organize the code reviews.
• Document code review results and resulting tasks in an issue tracking system (for example Jira).
• Define checklists for code reviews.
• Conduct code reviews in pairs or in a team.
• Document code review results and resulting tasks in an issue tracking system (for example Jira).
• Demonstrate awareness of technical debt during software development and how to pay technical debt.