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Expectations, outcomes, and challenges of modern code review

Date

Date

Date
2013
Conference or Workshop Item
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Bacchelli, A., & Bird, C. (2013). Expectations, outcomes, and challenges of modern code review. 712–721. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSE.2013.6606617

Abstract

Abstract

Abstract

Code review is a common software engineering practice employed both in open source and industrial contexts. Review today is less formal and more “lightweight” than the code inspections performed and studied in the 70s and 80s. We empirically explore the motivations, challenges, and outcomes of tool-based code reviews. We observed, interviewed, and surveyed developers and managers and manually classified hundreds of review comments across diverse teams at Microsoft. Our study reveals that while finding defects remains the main motivati

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Creators (Authors)

  • Bacchelli, Alberto
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  • Bird, Christian
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Event Title

Event Title

Event Title
35th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software Engineering

Event Location

Event Location

Event Location
San Francisco

Event Country

Event Country

Event Country
CA, USA

Event Start Date

Event Start Date

Event Start Date
2013-06-18

Event End Date

Event End Date

Event End Date
2013-06-26

Publisher

Publisher

Publisher
IEEE

Page range/Item number

Page range/Item number

Page range/Item number
712

Page end

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Page end
721

Item Type

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Item Type
Conference or Workshop Item

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Scope

Scope

Scope
Discipline-based scholarship (basic research)

Language

Language

Language
English

Date available

Date available

Date available
2021-01-26

ISBN or e-ISBN

ISBN or e-ISBN

ISBN or e-ISBN
978-1-4673-3073-2

OA Status

OA Status

OA Status
Green

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Other Identification Number
merlin-id:20262

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405 since deposited on 2021-01-26
Acq. date: 2025-11-12

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134 since deposited on 2021-01-26
Acq. date: 2025-11-12

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Bacchelli, A., & Bird, C. (2013). Expectations, outcomes, and challenges of modern code review. 712–721. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSE.2013.6606617

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