An approach for collaborative code reviews using multi-touch technology

Code reviews are an effective mechanism to improve software quality, but often fall short in the development of software. To improve the desirability and ease of code reviews, we introduce an approach that explores how multi-touch interfaces can support code reviews and can make them more collaborat...

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Published in2012 5th International Workshop on Co-operative and Human Aspects of Software Engineering (CHASE) pp. 93 - 99
Main Authors Muller, S., Wursch, M., Fritz, T., Gall, H. C.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.06.2012
Subjects
code review
code smell
Collaboration
Data visualization
gesture
Gesture recognition
Multi-touch
Prototypes
Software metrics
Surgery
Visualization
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Summary:Code reviews are an effective mechanism to improve software quality, but often fall short in the development of software. To improve the desirability and ease of code reviews, we introduce an approach that explores how multi-touch interfaces can support code reviews and can make them more collaborative. Our approach provides users with features to collaboratively find and investigate code smells, annotate source code and generate review reports using gesture recognition and a Microsoft Surface Table. In a preliminary evaluation, subjects generally liked the prototypical implementation of our approach for performing code review tasks.
ISBN:9781467318235
146731823X
DOI:10.1109/CHASE.2012.6223031