{"id":708,"date":"2009-09-10T18:16:03","date_gmt":"2009-09-10T23:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikeconley.ca\/blog\/?p=708"},"modified":"2023-12-20T16:25:19","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T21:25:19","slug":"taking-a-peek-at-jason-cohen-smart-bear-and-code-collaborator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikeconley.ca\/blog\/2009\/09\/10\/taking-a-peek-at-jason-cohen-smart-bear-and-code-collaborator\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking a peek at Jason Cohen, Smart Bear, and Code Collaborator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/smartbear.com\/codecollab-white-paper.php\">Check this out.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hang on, hang on, let me back up.<\/p>\n<p>Jason Cohen.\u00a0 Is that name familiar?\u00a0 If it isn&#8217;t, this is the guy who founded <a href=\"http:\/\/smartbear.com\">Smart Bear Software<\/a>.\u00a0 Smart Bear Software has a piece of software called Code Collaborator, which is a &#8220;web-based tool that simplifies and expedites   peer code reviews.&#8221;\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/smartbear.com\/codecollab.php\">Here&#8217;s the sales pitch.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The reason I&#8217;m posting all of this is because of what I&#8217;m looking for &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/mikeconley.ca\/blog\/2009\/09\/09\/code-reviews\/\">papers concerning code review, and the relationship (or lack thereof) between code review techniques and computer science education.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Which all traces back to <a href=\"http:\/\/smartbear.com\/codecollab-white-paper.php\">that first link<\/a> I posted &#8211; a series of whitepapers and articles on Code Collaborator, and code reviews in general.\u00a0 This is good stuff.\u00a0 Sure, it&#8217;s not really oriented around computer science education, but these people seem <a href=\"http:\/\/smartbear.com\/white-paper.php?content=docs\/articles\/Case-For-Code-Review.html&amp;pageToken=codecollab-docs\">to<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/smartbear.com\/white-paper.php?content=docs\/articles\/Why-Code-Inspections-Fail.html&amp;pageToken=codecollab-docs\">know<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/smartbear.com\/white-paper.php?content=docs\/articles\/Four-Kinds-Of-Review.html&amp;pageToken=codecollab-docs\">what<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/smartbear.com\/white-paper.php?content=docs\/articles\/Case-Study.html&amp;pageToken=codecollab-docs\">they&#8217;re<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/smartbear.com\/white-paper.php?content=docs\/articles\/Team-Building.html&amp;pageToken=codecollab-docs\">talking<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/smartbear.com\/white-paper.php?content=docs\/articles\/Checklists.html&amp;pageToken=codecollab-docs\">about<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s even <a href=\"http:\/\/smartbear.com\/codecollab-code-review-book.php\">a free book<\/a>, which details their massive code review study, which is, apparently,<a href=\"http:\/\/smartbear.com\/white-paper.php?content=docs\/articles\/Case-Study.html&amp;pageToken=codecollab-docs\"> the largest-ever case study of its kind.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve ordered the free book, just for kicks.\u00a0 In the mean time, I&#8217;m going to glance over <a href=\"http:\/\/smartbear.com\/docs\/book\/code-review-cisco-case-study.pdf\">their Cisco study<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check this out. 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