Erickson is a simple code review app. Code reviews are created via a command-line client, or the web frontend.

I wanted to show what could be accomplished in web-programming on the server side with Go, with minimal dependencies and complexity. Erickson is both a functional application, and a testbed for exploring my own ideals in software development.

From within the repository you wish you review code:

git erickson post HEAD^...

The arguments to git erickson post are the same arguments you'd supply to git diff.

When a review is created, the command line app returns a link to the review. Users can annotate the review, and the owner can mark it as submitted or discarded.

Erickson is pre-alpha software and may not be suitable for running in production. Although it implements TLS, CSRF protection and secure sessions, these features have not been vetted by a security professional. Use at your own risk.

• Dead-simple setup that doesn't require integration with other services.
• Produces a standalone binary that doesn't require an installer or asset files.
• Simple, lightweight UI that requires minimal JS.
• Small feature-set that is robust and reliable.
• A very fast server.

Dimitri Tcaciuc has written a mercurial plugin for erickson. https://github.com/dtcaciuc/hgerickson

• CRUD app that supports the essentials of working with code reviews.
• Side-by-side diff display, rendered as HTML.
• UI for annotations.
• Git plugin for submitting reviews. (Bundled with erickson)
• Notifications (implemented via e-mail)
• Mercurial plugin for submitting reviews.
• Add support for revising reviews. (Partially done in the persistence layer)
• Remove jQuery and use plain old javascript.
• 100% test coverage.