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C and C++ analysers detect cryptography-related security issues -- Alexandre Gigleux

By ganncamp | Dec 14, 2020 02:29 PM | Tags: None

Recent improvements to SonarCloud C++ analysis (coming soon in SonarQube 8.6!) bring new rules related to cryptography.

C and C++ analyzers detect cryptography-related security issues

by Alexandre Gigleux

From the article:

Communications should be encrypted to protect users’s privacy, but when it comes to really implement it, it’s not that easy due to the complexity of the area.

With SonarCloud, you are no longer alone thanks to these 7 new security rules focusing on detecting cryptography-related security issues

C++20 Comparisons in ReSharper C++ 2020.3 -- Igor Akhmetov

By Anastasia Kazakova | Dec 10, 2020 12:11 PM | Tags: c++20

ReSharper C++ 2020.3 brings full support for C++20’s changes to comparison semantics.

C++20 Comparisons in ReSharper C++ 2020.3

by Igor Akhmetov

This blog post briefly goes over the language updates to comparisons in C++20 and takes a look at how ReSharper C++ can help you use the new language features.

The post discusses:

  • The complexity of pre-C++20 comparisons
  • Three-way comparison operator, what is it for
  • Operator rewriting rules
  • Defaulted comparison operators
  • Implicitly generated operator==
  • Creating new operators from usage

No Diagnostic Required Episode #0 -- Anastasia Kazakova and Phil Nash

By Anastasia Kazakova | Dec 9, 2020 12:54 PM | Tags: None

No Diagnostic Required, YouTube Show for C++ Annotated, Episode #0

No Diagnostic Required, Episode #0

by Anastasia Kazakova and Phil Nash

In this episode:

  • Welcome
  • New C++ podcasts worth following
  • ISO C++ Trip Report by Herb Sutter
  • Modules support in Visual Studio… and in GCC 11!
  • Qt6 libraries via Conan
  • CLion 2020.3: It’s all about debug!
  • ReSharper C++ 2020.3: The perfect game dev companion for Unreal Engine!
  • std::visit is everything wrong with modern C++

CLion 2020.3 release: Improve the way you develop in C++! -- Anastasia Kazakova

By Anastasia Kazakova | Dec 9, 2020 12:05 PM | Tags: None

CLion 2020.3 is released!

CLion 2020.3: Core Dumps Debug and Debug as Root, CTest Support, MISRA Guideline Integration, and a Better Qt Project Experience

by Anastasia Kazakova

CLion 2020.3 brings significant improvements to key parts of the development process – code analysis, running and debugging applications, and unit testing.

  • Run and Debug:
    • Run/Debug with Root privileges
    • Debug core dumps
    • Move the execution point while debugging to an arbitrary line of code in the editor
  • Project models
    • For Makefile: support for projects using libtool, dolt and ccache
    • For CMake: enable/disable CMake Profile
  • Unit testing: CTest support and test runner improvements for Google Test
  • Code analysis and refactorings updates, including initial support for MISRA C 2012 and MISRA C++ 2008 guidelines
  • Better Qt projects support
  • Clang completion snippets
  • An early preview for Code With Me, a new service from JetBrains for collaborative development and pair programming.

Feature Testing with C++20--Rainer Grimm

By Adrien Hamelin | Dec 8, 2020 01:20 PM | Tags: c++20

Use all that you can.

Feature Testing with C++20

by Rainer Grimm

From the article:

When your program's compilation broke with a brand-new C++20 feature, you often end with a few questions: Did I something wrong? Did I found a compiler bug? Does my compiler not yet support this feature? Thanks to the feature testing in C++20, the last question is easy to answer...