I’ll be talking about agile code review on JDK.IO in Copenhagen and since last I talked on the subject more code review tools have become available, some of the from “big players”, so an updated list of tools seems to be in place.

• Gerrit (by Google) – Open Source, web-based, for Git only, used for Android
• Phabricator (originally by Facebook) – web-based, free when self hosted
• Upsource (by JetBrains) – web-based, free for up to 10 users, IntelliJ integration (of course)
• Crucible (by Atlassian) – commercial, web-based
• Collaborator (formerly Code Collaborator; by SmartBear) – web-based + Eclipse plugin + Visual Studio plugin (IntelliJ plugin under development), free for up to 10 users
• Klocwork – commercial, web-based
• ReviewBoard – Open Source, web-based
• AgileReview – Eclipse plugin

Older, possibly abandoned tools:

• Jupiter – Open Source, Eclipse plugin
• ReviewClipse – free, Eclipse plugin
• Java Code Reviewer – Open Source, web-based
• IBM Collaborative Code Review – Eclipse plugin

When I talked about agile code review on nForum the other day, I made a screencast recording, which is now online. (I admit sound quality could have been somewhat better.)

For better readability of the slides, I recommend viewing the video in HD on Vimeo

Note that the slides and links to code review tools and further reading are in my previous post.

If you want to share the video, please link to this post rather than directly to Vimeo.

Tonight I’ve given a talk at nForum Göteborg on code review and how it can be used by agile teams. It was pretty much the same talk I gave at JavaForum a while back. I tried to make a recording of it, and will post a video and update this post, if successful.

Here are the (Swedish) slides:

Here are links to some code review tools:

• Code Collaborator – commercial web based + Eclipse plugin + Visual Studio plugin (IntelliJ plugin possibly coming)
  Code Collaborator is the one that was demoed during the talk!
• Klocwork Insight Pro – commercial web based
• Gerrit – free web based from Google, used for Android
• Jupiter – Open Source Eclipse plugin
• ReviewBoard – Open Source web based
• ReviewClipse – free Eclipse plugin
• AgileReview – Eclipse plugin
• Java Code Reviewer – Open Source web based
• IBM Collaborative Code Review – Eclipse plugin

In addition to this list, code review is one of the features of GitHub. In my opinion it has the same problems as e-mail based review, where it is hard to track what has been fixed and not.

Some reading suggestions on code review:
Coding Horror blog entry
Free book from the authors of Code Collaborator
White paper from the authors of Klocwork