Given the great emphasis Agile teams place on the importance of software testing, it is surprising that organizations don't invest more time and money in static software testing tools. Of course, with ...

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A little while back, we were talking about utilizing compiler warnings as first step to make our C code less error-prone and increase its general stability and quality. We know now that the C compiler ...

One of the problems with a standard C compiler is that it doesn’t look for potential flaws in a program's design, only in its coding. The use of a static code analyzer can help to improve firmware and ...

Value stream management involves people in the organization to examine workflows and other processes to ensure they are deriving the maximum value from their efforts while eliminating waste — of ...

It has become standard fare for large, enterprise organizations to reach out to the open source community to fill the void between the software their projects need, and the amount of software their ...

Take advantage of the powerful static code analysis tool to identify and understand issues in your .Net application’s code Assessing the quality of an application’s code is often a subjective process.

being a user of PCLINT for some years now (private and professional), I was thinking whether some static analysis tool could help our company to spot issues like 32 vs. 64bit discrepancies and - more ...

The Mars Rover is one of the most sophisticated systems ever developed in human history. Designed and built by NASA engineers, it involved break-through innovations in mechanical engineering, hardware ...

There are many parallels between the use of organic fertilizer such as corn gluten meal (CGM) and code analysis tools for application development (Fig. 1). Both need to be used on a regular basis for ...