Code Critic and the Development Browsers

ENVY/QA User Guide : Code Critic : Code Critic and the Development Browsers

Code Critic is integrated fully with the development browsers. You can review code elements using Tool > Review in applicable development browsers.

Code Critic measures your code’s compliance to project guidelines and standard practices. You can review the following types of code elements:

•configuration map

•application hierarchy

•application

•class hierarchy

•class fragment

•class

•method

Reviewing Configuration Maps

To review a configuration map:

1. Open the Configuration Maps Browser.

2. Select a configuration map edition.

3. Select Editions > Tool > Review.

4. In the Code Critic Options dialog, click OK to start the review.

Reviewing Applications

You can review applications from the following browsers:

•Configuration Maps Browser

•Application Manager

•Applications Browser

•Classes Browser

•Class Hierarchy Browser

•Visual Age Organizer

To review an application

1. Open one of the browsers mentioned above.

2. Select the applications to be reviewed.

3. Select a menu option:

Item to review	Menu option
applications	Applications > Tool > Review > Application...¹
applications and their loaded subapplications	Applications > Tool > Review > Include All Subapplications...

¹ In the Configuration Maps Browser, select Applications > Tools > Review

Table 1 Reviewing applications

4. In the Code Critic Options dialog, click OK to start the review.

Reviewing Classes

You can review classes from the following browsers:

•Application Manager

•Application Browser

•Applications Browser

•Classes Browser

•Class Hierarchy Browser

•Visual Age Organizer

To review a class:

1. Open one of the browsers mentioned above.

2. Select the classes to be reviewed.

3. Select a menu option.

Item to review	Menu option
classes	Classes > Tool > Review > Classes...
classes and all their subclasses	Classes > Tool > Review > Include All Subclasses...
Class fragments	Classes > Tool > Review > Class Fragment...

Table 2 Reviewing classes

4. In the Code Critic Options dialog, click OK to start the review

Reviewing Methods

You can review methods from the following browsers:

•Application Browser

•Applications Browser

•Classes Browser

•Class Browser

•Class Hierarchy Browser

•Methods Browser

To review a method:

1. Open one of the browsers mentioned above.

2. Select the methods to be reviewed.

3. Select Method > Tool > Review.

4. In the Code Critic Options dialog, click OK to start the review.

Last modified date: 07/06/2015