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Getting a Grip on Google Code

Posted by Zonk on from the improving-on-the-old dept.

netbuzz writes "Niall Kennedy reports on his blog that Guido van Rossum, author of the Python programming language, has begun showing off his first project since joining Google last year. 'Mondrian is a Web-based code-review system built on top of a Perforce and BigTable backend with a Python-powered front-end,' Kennedy writes. 'Mondrian is a pretty impressive system and is currently in use across Google.' Kennedy's description of Google's current code-review system sure makes it sound like it was in need of an upgrade. 'The Mondrian tool creates a much better workflow by creating task-specific dashboards, in-line commenting, well-tracked statistics, and more,' he writes. 'The application is built on top of Python open source libraries such as the Django framework, smtpd.py mail service, and the wsgiref Web server software.'"

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  1. Re:I can see why Google stuck with Python. by Peter+Cooper · · Score: 4, Insightful

    8 bit characters is exactly what it /does/ support. It's multi-byte characters that are often seen as the problem, although UTF-8 is also supported (Unicode generally, however, is a different matter). Ruby can also support load balancing and HTTPS.. although since those aren't relevant to a programming language per se, it's intriguing why you bring them up (unless I've fallen for a troll, in which case.. well done ;-))

  2. Codestriker is the same thing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Codestriker does the same thing. Except it is in perl + GPL, on source forge.

  3. Google by synx · · Score: 2, Insightful

    This is why working at google is awesome. Internal code reviewer is big news.

    I use the tool in question, it's good.

    Also I've used perforce at a previous company. Generally most people who talk about SCMs and reference CVS as a potential replacement/alternative to P4 really do not know what they are talking about. P4 has it's problems, granted, but if you are looking to maintain a massive code base, there really are few choices. Atomic change lists, they are fantastic.