DevSecOps: Static Application Security Testing Using Snyk and SonarQube
Applications are tested rigorously for their functionality by developers, who spend a lot of time in doing so. Static Application Security Testing (SAST) is...
Let’s Get Familiar with Smart Pointers in C++
Many readers have probably heard about smart pointers and their benefits. One of the features of C++11, smart pointers are quite useful and have...
Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS): A Primer
For security reasons, browsers restrict cross-origin HTTP requests. If the coder is not aware of this or forgets about it, it can be pretty...
Top skills that will get you biggest raise as programmer
If you are a new entrant in the community of professional software developers and have started thanking all your training or education for making...
Network Monitoring and Programming Using Python
Python scripts and APIs can be tailor made into effective network monitoring and forensics tools. Their versatility makes them ideal in assorted applications including...
Write Your Own conio.h for GNU/Linux
Here's a close look at the technique and code for console handling in Standard (i.e., ISO/ANSI) C/C++. In the latter part of the article...
Introducing NVIDIA’s Compute Unified Device Architecture (CUDA)
This article, the first in a series, introduces readers to the NVIDIA CUDA architecture, as good programming requires a decent amount of knowledge about...
CodeSport
In this month's column, we will continue our discussion on some of the common loop optimisations performed by the compiler. In last month's column, I...
FOSS is __FUN__: Free Your Mind
Golf, par, handicaps -- and sub-classing, abstraction and lines of code. Sounds interesting? Last month, I have had the privilege of listening to two presentations...
CodeSport
In this month's column, let us focus our attention on some of the common compiler optimisations, and on how to write code that can...