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Comment by chandler

Sure, at a prior job we passed out hardcopies of a side-by-side diff before scheduling a peer review (including only the affected methods/functions).

No syntax highlighting, but it was quite useful. Off the top of my head, the two main benefits are: 1) You free up your computer for the review 2) You get a different form factor to interact with.

Regarding the first benefit, having a printout means you can use your computer to run the application, look up docs, and even (ironically) navigate the code in your IDE.

As for the second, having a printout means you can spread out the pages to compare different bits of code, draw diagrams, connect arrows, circle bits of code for notes, etc.

It was pretty useful.

parent chandler 9 years ago

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