Peer Code Review

Types of code reveiw

formal inspection

author

reveiwer (who ndoes the explained based on the review, no author input till meeting)

observer

over-the-shoulder

one walks through the code while the other watches.

pair programming

like in XP/agile

tool assisted

file gathering

combined display: diff comments defects

automated metric collection

review enforcement,

email pass-around

Code Errors

severity

major, minor

type

algorithm, documentation, data-usage, error-handling, input, output

phase-injection

developer error, design oversight, requirements mistake, QA error

Bibliography

• Best Kept Secrets of Peer Code Review - Jason Cohen 2006
• Code Inspection - Michael Fagan IBM 1974 (29 pages)