Code review

Code review (sometimes referred to as peer review) is a software quality assurance activity in which one or more people examine the source code of a computer program, either after implementation or during the development process. The persons performing the checking, excluding the author, are called "reviewers". At least one reviewer must not be the code's author.^[1]^[2]

Code review differs from related software quality assurance techniques like static code analysis,self-checks, testing, and pair programming. Static analysis relies primarily on automated tools, self-checks involve only the author, testing requires code execution, and pair programming is performed continuously during development rather than as a separate step.^[1]

^ ^a ^b Baum, Tobias; Liskin, Olga; Niklas, Kai; Schneider, Kurt (2016). "A Faceted Classification Scheme for Change-Based Industrial Code Review Processes". 2016 IEEE International Conference on Software Quality, Reliability and Security (QRS). pp. 74–85. doi:10.1109/QRS.2016.19. ISBN 978-1-5090-4127-5. S2CID 9569007.
^ Kolawa, Adam; Huizinga, Dorota (2007). Automated Defect Prevention: Best Practices in Software Management. Wiley-IEEE Computer Society Press. p. 260. ISBN 978-0-470-04212-0.

[baum2016qrs-1] Baum, Tobias; Liskin, Olga; Niklas, Kai; Schneider, Kurt (2016). "A Faceted Classification Scheme for Change-Based Industrial Code Review Processes". 2016 IEEE International Conference on Software Quality, Reliability and Security (QRS). pp. 74–85. doi:10.1109/QRS.2016.19. ISBN 978-1-5090-4127-5. S2CID 9569007.

[best_practices-2] Kolawa, Adam; Huizinga, Dorota (2007). Automated Defect Prevention: Best Practices in Software Management. Wiley-IEEE Computer Society Press. p. 260. ISBN 978-0-470-04212-0.

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