Prevention is better than cure. The very crux of software development is to establish monitoring and inspection processes at each stage of its life cycle.
Fixing an error is the cheapest during the development stage, which gets progressively expensive with each stage and is the most expensive in the post-release maintenance phase. A code review tool automates the code inspection and monitoring process.
It is a major component in Continuous Integration (CI) which helps in keeping the code in its functional state. Before CI appeared, developers used to write thousands of lines of code, and then integrate them. The process of integration was prone to errors, tedious, and challenging.
Problem Statement
Non-compliance to coding standards
Code writing shortcuts used by developers to save time
Increase in defect fixing costs at later stages
More code maintenance costs
More effort in defect fixing (especially for GOD class & unstructured code)
Frequent build failures
Frequent deployment failures
Difficulty during team ramp-up sessions due to uncertain code
Sub-standard project quality
Proposed Solution – SteepGraph’s Code Review Tool
Key Benefits
Identify problems at an early stage of development before they reach a critical state.
Reduces risks
Increased code quality
Easy defect fixing
Easy maintenance of code post-production
Less/No Build and deployment failures
Quicker team ramp-up and resource onboarding
Improved project quality
Reduce individual skill/knowledge dependency
Measure the code quality
Catch pitfalls in code
Keep coding standard consistent across the complete software
Business Advantages
Effort/cost saving during testing and defect fixing phase