Clients

Code Collaborator has a variety of clients for creating code reviews and uploading files for review.  While the Code Collaborator web server user interface provides the capability for uploading documents and, for some SCM integrations, the capability for creating reviews from committed changes, a client simplifies and expedites this process.  Also, importantly, a client allows reviews to be created from local modifications to SCM files that are not accessible on the SCM server (i.e., Code Collaborator clients allow for pre-commit reviews).

SCM Integration

All Code Collaborator clients integrate with SCM systems, for identifying files under source control and ease of selecting modified files to be uploaded to the Code Collaborator server for a review.  Files are uploaded as changelists.  For SCM systems that don't implicitly support changelists, the clients have mechanisms for selecting a group of files to be uploaded to a review.

Creating Reviews and Uploading Files For Review

Each client also provides a means for creating a review, and for attaching a changelist to an existing review.

Other Features

Additional features are available depending on the client. The client right for your development environment may be determined by your SCM system, or just a matter of personal choice.