Dynamic program code analyzer to improve code quality

A method for multiple editors to collaboratively edit shared program code, the method comprising:

• storing a dynamic minimum code quality threshold defining a dynamic prerequisite for editing the shared program code, wherein the dynamic minimum code quality threshold is initially set as a function of an initial measure of code quality of the shared program code;
• receiving a plurality of edit requests from the multiple editors, each request comprising an edit requested to alter the shared program code;
• for each current edit request of the plurality of edit requests:
• measuring the code quality of the shared program code altered by the edit;
• validating the edit if the measured code quality of the shared program code altered by the edit is greater than or equal to the dynamic minimum code quality threshold;
• and
• if the edit is validated, altering the shared program code by the edit accessible to one or more of the multiple editors;
• if the measured code quality of the shared program code altered by the edit is greater than the dynamic minimum code quality threshold, increasing the dynamic minimum code quality threshold as a function of the measured code quality;
• and
• incrementing the current edit request as a subsequent one of the plurality of edit requests for validation using the increased dynamic minimum code quality threshold.

A system to coordinate multiple editor devices to collaboratively edit shared program code, the system comprising:

• one or more memories configured to store the shared program code;
• and
• one or more processors configured to:
• receive a sequence of edit requests from the multiple editor devices, each request comprising an edit to alter the shared program code,
• for each ith edit in the sequence of edit requests, measure code quality of the shared program code altered by the edit,
• store a dynamic minimum code quality threshold defining a dynamic prerequisite for editing the shared program code, wherein the dynamic minimum code quality threshold is initially set as a function of an initial measure of the code quality of the shared program code and the dynamic minimum code quality threshold is dynamically set as a function of a maximum of the measured code qualities of the shared program code altered by each of previous 1, . . . , i−1 edits in the sequence of edit requests,
• compare the measured code quality of the shared program code altered by each ith edit to the dynamic minimum code quality threshold,
• validate each ith edit if the measured code quality of the shared program code altered by the ith edit is greater than or equal to the dynamic minimum code quality threshold,
• alter the shared program code by each validated edit accessible to one or more of the multiple editor devices, and
• increasing the dynamic minimum code quality threshold for each ith edit as a function of the measured code quality of the shared program code altered by the ith edit if the measured code quality of the shared program code altered by the ith edit is greater than the maximum of the measured code qualities of the shared program code altered by each of the previous 1, . . . , i−1 edits in the sequence of edit requests.