This is part of a series on my apprenticeship at Obtiva. The full series can be found here.

A major part of Obtiva’s Apprenticeship program is the pet project. So for my project, I’ve decided to develop an online code review tool. This is an app that I’ve wanted to write for awhile now, so I’m thrilled to have the opportunity to do so.

Ignitious(ig-nish-us) is an opinionated tool with a couple of goals in mind:

• Dead simple to use – I’ve made some assumptions on how I think code reviews should be done, this helps trim down on required clicks to do some tasks.
• Go from signup to reviewing code as quickly as possible – Just register with a username and password and you’re ready to start reviewing code. Doesn’t get any easier than that!
• Complete Github integration – Uses your Github username to pull available repositories. Commit code and a review is created automatically by utilizing Github’s post receive hook.
• Free for open source – In the spirit of giving back, any public repository on Github is able to be imported into Ignitious.

My goal is to launch a beta on February 1st, so if you would like to be kept in the loop, sign up at ignitious.com.