James Scott is the software architect for Boston-based MedAptus, Inc. He has over 10 years of experience in designing and implementing mission-critical applications, and has worked with Java since 1999.
High-performing software teams use code reviews to improve the quality of
their code and to keep team members informed of what's going on in the larger
application. However, keeping track of which packages, classes, and methods
have been reviewed can be a real headache, especially if a code review
process is adopted for an existing codebase. Fortunately, Sun's Javadoc API
documentation generator provides the basis for a simple but powerful tool
that will help the team mark reviewed code and track the progress of reviews.
Most software teams recognize the virtues of code reviews. Though techniques
vary in formality and thoroughness, all code reviews intend to find bugs as
early in the development life cycle as possible. A developer who reads code
that someone else wrote is likely to find issues that functional testing will
not. Reviews also have a side benefit: develo... (more)
James Scott is the software architect for Boston-based MedAptus, Inc. He has over 10 years of experience in designing and implementing mission-critical applications, and has worked with Java since 1999.
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