Review Assistant is a Visual Studio add-in that is meant to simplify development workflow when it comes to code reviews.
In other words, Review Assistant can help programmers benefit from code review functions with as little hassle as possible.
Limitations:
· Supports up to 3 users.
· Includes a 30-day trial of the full version for unlimited number of users and with VCS integration support.
What's New in This Release:
New Code Review Board:
· New UI is more in line with the Visual Studio 2012 style.
· Role-specific review statuses are shown in the reviews list.
· New filter for recently closed reviews added.
Email Notifications:
· Email notifications about events occurring when the review is in progress.
· Review links for browser-like navigation added. User can now open Visual Studio right from the email client.
Code Review Reports:
· Reviewer Statistics - to assess reviewers' activity.
· Author Statistics - allows to evaluate roughly the quality of code involved in a review process.
· Users Status - for evaluating current review workload per developer.
· Reviews Status - helps to find 'stale' reviews.
Improved Commenting on Code:
· Comments are linked to a file revision.
· Multiple-line comments are fully displayed.
· The number of replies is now visible in the comment header.
· The comment status is displayed as a bright text label.
Improved Code Review Process:
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