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 ...

Static code analysis offers extensive insights into code that can help you improve code quality and security, the speed of development, and even team collaboration and planning. Here’s everything you ...

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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 ...

IAR Systems® launched its major updates to its complete embedded development toolchain IAR Embedded Workbench® for Atmel® AVR32. The new version, 4.30, introduces the add-on product C-STAT® for ...

Static analysis works on source code and tries to identify errors based on what it can tell about the program. For example, it can highlight “dead code” that will never execute. And sometimes it can ...

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 ...

Finding problems in applications is not always an easy task. Finding and solving problems dynamically often involves implementing debuggers and trace utilities while trying to duplicate a symptom.

Some days ago our CTO decided to start using one of static analysis tools to improve our code base quality. We decided to start testing for the tool from the leader of the market - Coverity and though ...

What is the difference between static code analysis and dynamic code analysis? Is one method preferred over another in terms of security? Static and dynamic code analyses are performed during source ...