Topic: c
JFrog announces free C/C++ DevOps package search and discovery tool
JFrog has announced ConanCenter, an open-source, decentralized and multi-platform package manager for developers to create and share native binaries. ConanCenter aims to improve C and C++ DevOps package search and discovery by providing a better search UX and an easy-to-find list of configuration options. “With more and more industries integrating onto Conan, including automotive, robotics, … continue reading
C is TIOBE’s programming language of the year for 2019
Last year, Python took the crown as TIOBE’s programming language of the year. Then, earlier this year, TIOBE predicted that Python would surpass both Java and C as the top programming language at its current rate of growth. But TIOBE is surprising everyone by naming C as its 2019 programming language of the year. “Everybody … continue reading
SD Times news digest: Parasoft C/C++ test, TigerGraph Cloud, and CloudBees CI/CD powered by Jenkins X
Parasoft announced the release of Parasoft C/C++ test 10.4.3, a unified C and C++ development testing solution for enterprise and embedded applications. “To implement a compliance process, organizations have been trying to settle on a custom subset of AUTOSAR C++ guidelines which are selected based on their specific organization and projects. For this process to … continue reading
SD Times Open-Source Project of the Week: STL
The Microsoft Visual C++ compiler and libraries (MSVC) team announced this week that it would be releasing its implementation of the C++ Standard Library (STL) into open source. The project will include all product source code, a CMake build system, and a README for more information. “Working on the STL in GitHub will allow our … continue reading
Microsoft turns to Rust for safer code
Microsoft is starting to explore new programming languages to protect against security vulnerabilities. The company revealed it is turning to the systems programming language Rust to help developers build more reliable and efficient software. Microsoft has long turned to languages like C++ and C# in their security efforts. C# has helped protect against memory corruption … continue reading
Consistent releases are key for C++
The maintainers of the C++ standard are adamant about sticking to the clock, prioritizing a new version of C++ every three years rather than holding back each release till it is pumped with new features. With C++20 around the corner, the chair of the ISO C++ standards committee Herb Sutter explained why they have been … continue reading
SD Times news digest: Snyk + Bitbucket, Udacity’s C++ nanodegree program, and Google’s digital skills literacy program
Open-source security platform provider Snyk has announced a new integration with Atlassian Bitbucket. The integration, originally completed in March, will provide better end-to-end security for Bitbucket code. According to Snyk, the new integration is between Snyk Pipe and Bitbucket Pipelines. “Our mission is to make open source security easy and thus help developers take ownership … continue reading
Visual Studio 2019 now available for Windows and Mac with improved code and project management
Visual Studio 2019 is now generally available for Windows and Mac. Microsoft says that updates to the IDE improve on source control, starting up new projects, code navigation, debugging and AI-assisted code completion. “These capabilities work with both your existing project and new projects – from cross-platform C++ applications, to .NET mobile apps for Android … continue reading
Parasoft integrates automotive code compliance standard AUTOSAR C++
Automated software testing and application security company Parasoft released version 10.4.2 of its Parasoft C/C++test solution for embedded applications. The latest release introduces streamlined utilities for meeting the AUTOSAR C++ compliance for automotive and security standards, as well as performance and metric-tracking improvements. According to the company, the primary focus of the release is to … continue reading
SD Times news digest: Rookout’s debugging solution for Electron, Embarcadero’s free community editions and the VirtualLink specification
Debugging company Rookout has announced it is bringing its remote live debugging solution to Electron. Electron is an open-source framework for building web solutions with JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Rookout’s debugging solution will enable developers to gain insights into the data and code from a live Electron app, rather than having to gain the insights … continue reading
Visual Studio IntelliCode Extension now allows for coding convention inference in C#
Microsoft has updated Visual Studio IntelliCode Extension to allow for coding convention inference for C#. This update will allow teams to achieve more readable and consistent code, the company explained. “Consistency is important for code maintainability and readability; in fact, a recent Microsoft Research study in this area showed that 18 percent of pull request … continue reading
Eclipse Photon IDE now available
The Eclipse Foundation has announced the latest version of the Eclipse IDE. The Photon release is designed to expand on polyglot capabilities based on the Language Server Protocol plugins. “The Language Server Protocol (LSP) ecosystem delivers editing support for popular and emerging programming languages. Combined with the move to a quarterly rolling release cadence, the … continue reading
