Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Making code review software tools help, not hinder

Among the admirable hallmarks of software developers is that they always write tools to automate the boring or repetitive stuff. Tools can certainly assist in the code review process-particularly in ensuring that the code adheres to corporate style, collecting metrics and applying departmental programming policies-but some caution that you shouldn't depend overmuch on them.

In particular, look at automated tools as a way to help collect and manage information before or during a code review, or learn the structure of the software-not to do the analysis for you. "Software will help the code review process, but initially your investment will be in trimming down the rule set to get the most value out of the tool," says Micheal Lalande, director of technology at QLogitek, a SaaS supply chain solution provider. "Work with the smallest set of rules as possible, so that you can tune out the noise. As you tune the rule set, you will find that software will become better and better within the organization."

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