Peer code review: do you do it? what you use?
For a few last days an idea about peer code review tool is living in my head. The story is simple.
I have a startup and a team is growing pretty fast. To keep up a good quality of code we need to review the code but I didn't find a tool that is simple and intuitive (and in the cloud).
There are some solutions from Atlassian and SmartBear but they are too complex (I believe) and expensive for a startup. There are also some free and open source tools that looks like open source tools - ugly and non-intuitive (like Rietveld). ReviewBoars seems to be the best but is still not that I was looking for.
In addition to that there are built-in "comments on commits" functions at GitHub and BitBucket that can be used as code review tool.
So, my question is do we need one more tool that will be different from what I described? Main points are: - simple to jump in - cloud based - interactive and real time - seamless integration with GitHub and BitBucket - cheap for a startup
Do you think startups and small/mid-size companies need this? Do you think it will get some traction? Does it solve a real problem? What are the most important features if it does?
Appreciate your thoughts. If you use Git, check out Gerrit: http://code.google.com/p/gerrit/ Open source, not too difficult to configure. Written in Java, requires Tomcat (or similar) to run. I think Android "organization" within Google uses it. EDIT: It's not cloud-based. Sorry. I have some issues with gerrit... it's giving a very limiting experience in my opinion. You cannot upload branches / patch queues. Every commit will be a separate review item. It's search and api also have lots of space for improvements. It enforces a workflow, rather than being just a transparent "let me scribble something on your commit" tool. Then again... I looked for something better and could not find anything :( GitHub pull requests.