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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…

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Code review

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Triples45
Avg. degree1.92
Density0.08
Components1

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Code review

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related to Goal · 10
Code review → Although, Code, Generate, Improve, Improving, Increase, ISO/IEC, Knowledge, QA, Sharing
related to Regular change-based code review (Walk-throughs) · 8
Code review → Facebook, Furthermore, Google, Major, Microsoft, Software, Such, There
related to Efficiency and effectiveness · 7
Code review → Best Kept Secrets, Capers Jones, Ongoing, Peer Code Review, Studies, The, Therefore
related to Inspection (formal) · 6
Code review → Fagan, In, Inspection, Michael Fagan, Research, The
related to External links · 3
Code review → Best, Five Code Review AntipatternsJava, Magazine
related to Guidelines · 3
Code review → Inspecting, Optimal, Research
related to Review types · 3
Code review → IEEE, Management, Several
related to Supporting tools · 2
Code review → Static, VDC Research

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performance problemsinstance ofbut also find issues0.80text
security vulnerabilitiesinstance ofbut also find issues0.80text
and injected malwareLearning/Knowledge transferinstance ofbut also find issues0.80text
Code reviewrelated to Efficiency and effectivenessOngoing0.60section
Code reviewrelated to Efficiency and effectivenessCapers Jones0.60section
Code reviewrelated to Efficiency and effectivenessThe0.60section
Code reviewrelated to Efficiency and effectivenessBest Kept Secrets0.60section
Code reviewrelated to Efficiency and effectivenessPeer Code Review0.60section
Code reviewrelated to Efficiency and effectivenessStudies0.60section
Code reviewrelated to Efficiency and effectivenessTherefore0.60section
Code reviewrelated to External linksFive Code Review AntipatternsJava0.60section
Code reviewrelated to External linksMagazine0.60section

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