Code Review using Code Collaborator Tool
- After having the successful installation of Code Collaborator tool, author will create a new review with the list of review participants through Code Collaborator Tool.
- Reviewer will login into the Code Collaborator tool and the details of the reviews assigned to him are displayed on the home page.
- Reviewer needs to click either the View/Review # link to open the review as shown below.
- Once Reviewer clicks any of the links a screen will get launched in Inspection Mode.
- Reviewer needs to click the Link for the files to start the Code review for that file.
- In the Right pane, reviewer can go through all the code and be able to find out its findings.
- Reviewer can chat through the participants while reviewing the code by entering the comments and clicking the Submit Comment and can log any defect through the Add Defect Button.
Example:
- 1.Test function is written here without any code.So select that line of code and click the Add
Defect Button to log as a defect as unnecessary code.
- 2. Function Name should be in Pascal Case, similarly select that line of code and log the defect
By clicking Add Defect button as follows:
- Once these defects are reported, author will upload the file again after fixing the reported defects.
- The screen will appear as follows for the Reviewer after uploading of modified file.
- Here the color Red indicates the deletion of code and yellow indicates the modification of code.
- For any new addition of code , green background appears.(Not in the screen shot)
- Now the reviewer can compare the defects and can mark them fixed by clicking the link “Mark Fixed” or make some comments by clicking the edit in case defect is not fixed.
- Once the reviewer marked it as fixed the screen will appear.
- And finally the Inspection page stating that all defects are fixed will appear.
Report Generation
Reports can also be viewed by clicking the Reports link and number of options will be available to generate the report.
Some examples:
1.Clicking on the Defect List under List section will generate the report.
2.Clicking on Reviews by ChangeList under List section will generate the report.
3.Clicking on Review Detail under Detailed Report section will generate the report.