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135 days ago
Karl Wiegers http://www.processimpact.com/ (This article was originally published in Software Development, March 1997. It is reprinted here shared for software developers, architects, managers) A quarter-century ago, Michael Fagan of IBM developed the software inspection technique, a method for finding defects through manual examination of software work products by a group of the author's peers. Many organizations have achieved dramatic results from inspections, including IBM, Raytheon, Motorola, Hewlett Packard, and Bull HN. However, other organizations have had difficulty getting any kind of software review process going. Considering that effective technical reviews are one of the most powerful software quality practices available, all software groups should become skilled in their application. This article describes seven common problems that can undermine the effectiveness of software reviews of any type (inspections being a specific type of ...
231 days ago
Introduction Programming neat applications is one thing. But when a user informs you your software has crashed, you know it's best to fix this before adding other features. If you're lucky enough, the user will have a crash address. This will go a long way in solving the problem. But how can you determine what went wrong, using this crash address? Creating a MAP file Well first of all, you'll need a MAP file. If you don't have one, it will be nearly impossible to find where your application crashed using the crash address. So first, I'll show you how to create a good MAP file. For this, I will create a new project (MAPFILE). You can do the same, or adjust your own project. I create a new project using the Win32 Application option in VC++ 6.0, selecting the 'typical "Hello Word!" application' to keep the size of the MAP file reasonable for explanation. Once created we need to adjust the project settings for the release version. In the C/C++ tab, select "Line ...
324 days ago
Quoted from http://www.research.att.com/~bs/applications.html C++ Applications Modified December 2, 2008 Here is a list of systems, applications, and libraries that are completely or mostly written in C++. Naturally, this is not intended to be a complete list. In fact, I couldn't list a 1000th of all major C++ programs if I tried, and this list holds maybe 1000th of the ones I have heard of. It is a list of systems, applications, and libraries that a reader might have some familiarity with, that might give a novice an idea what is being done with C++, or that I simply thought "cool". Here is a link to a Chinese translation . I ( Bjarne Stroustrup ) don't make any guarantees about the accuracy of the list. I believe that it's accurate -- I trust the people who sent me examples, but I have not seen the source code myself. I have a preference of C++style code over code that are called C++ eventhough it is mostly C and try to avoid list C ...
