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Crate-training Tiamat, un-calling Cthulhu:Taming the UB monsters in C++

Sutter's Mill

For more background on safety and security issues related to C++, including definitions of language safety and software security and similar terms, see my March 2024 essay C++ safety, in context. This is a status update on improvements currently in progress for hardening and securing our C++ software. Its just a metaphor.

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Bridging the AI Learning Gap

O'Reilly

When I started working on the new edition of Head First C# back in 2023, AI tools like ChatGPT and Copilot were already changing how developers write and learn code. But the audience for the booka developer learning C# as their first, second, or third languagedoesnt yet have these skills. It was clear that I needed to cover them.

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Site-Speed Topography

CSS Wizardry

Any time you run a test with WebPageTest, you’ll get this table of different milestones and metrics. Note the bottom row shows me the Standard Deviation of the tests’ results. The whole point of the exercise that follows is to allow me to move quickly, spotting patterns from afar, and not having to do any slow or meticulous work yet.

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Building High-Quality Software

DZone

Saving several hours preparing and doing a design review will cost hundreds (if not thousands of hours) of fixing issues down the road.nn> unit testsnnI don’t believe that I have to say that in 2021, but I have never seen a quality product without unit tests. We live in a time when everybody is irked by manual testing.

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Preparing for AI

O'Reilly

OReilly author Andrew Stellman recommends several exercises for learning to use AI effectively. A good next step is asking an AI assistant to generate unit tests, either for existing code or some new code (which leads to test-driven development). We already know how to build some evaluation suites that test AIs reliability.

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What the SEC cybersecurity disclosure mandate means for application security

Dynatrace

Don’t assume that applications are free of vulnerabilities because your organization has tooling — such as application security testing — and processes in place. How should C-level executives and boards of directors prepare for the SEC cybersecurity mandate?

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Basis Path Testing in Software Testing

Testlodge

Basis path testing in software testing is a white box method where the tester examines the codebase to identify all possible paths that could be taken by the user to achieve their aims. These paths are then written as test cases to ensure all the different identified scenarios in the main branches are covered.

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