Code reviews are not for finding defects—Even established tools need occasional evaluation
J. Czerwonka Principal Architect Microsoft Corp., Redmond, WA, United States
Abstract
The process of code reviewing in software engineering is analogous to a plan review in civil engineering or a paper review in academia. In all these, there is the assumption that the quality of output increases by applying differing viewpoints to the subject being reviewed and allowing the author to consider and apply the resulting feedback before finalizing the work.
Keywords
Code reviewing; Inspections; Functionality defects; Code review usefulness; Code review sign-off
The process of code reviewing ...
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