So, I’ve finally finished my Master’s Thesis in computer science. The subject of the thesis is Code reviews in a small software company and it’s available online for anyone who’s interested in code reviews. Thesis was graded as eximia cum laude approbatur. It’s written in Finnish, but I’m planning to translate the abstract to English in the near future.
Tools which were used to write the thesis:
- TeXShop - Text editing
- teTeX - Typesetting
- BibDesk - Management of bibliographic references
- Mercurial - Distributed version control
I would like to express great gratitude to the company which took part in the case study of my thesis and which made the whole thesis possible - Marko Karppinen & Co. LLC. Great thanks go also to my instructors from the department of computer science for their great patience and efficiency especially during the extremely busy last week of the graduation process.
So, one of the main goals of mine - the master’s degree - is now completed. My blog has now been offline for several years and I have decided to bring it back to life. This time I’ll keep the blog’s theme more focused - the main theme is software engineering, quality processes and Mac programming. I’ll also write in both languages - Finnish and English, and each post will be tagged by either “in-english” or “in-finnish” tag to allow easier browsing and filtering of posts.
Writing about both abstract and concrete ideas forces one to think things through. In addition to the traditional learning by teaching effect writing publicly enables ideas to be peer-reviewed by other professionals and improved (or dismissed) via discussion.