Techniques & Best Practices

At Smart Bear, we're experts in all kinds of peer code review.

In this part of the manual we cover techniques and best practices in code review and in Code Collaborator.

Topics covered include:

Metrics: Definitions

Which metrics should you collect during code review?  Which metrics are collected automatically by Code Collaborator?  How are they calculated and what exactly do they mean?

Metrics: Analysis

What do you do with raw metrics numbers?  How do you collect those which aren't collected automatically?  What can metrics really tell us?  Where might they lead us astray?

Defect Management

When should defects be kept in Code Collaborator and when should they go elsewhere?  What are the tools and best practices for this?

Tips and Tricks

Are there any short-cuts to help me get the results I want?