Editor’s Note: In an excerpt from their book Embedded System Security, the authors assess the role of C and C++ coding standards and how compliance leads to more secure code. Most safety and quality ...

October 1, 2014—While conducting the research that produced The CERT® Oracle® Coding Standard for Java, the Secure Coding Team in the CERT Division of the Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie ...

Some disputes within the development community seem to be perennial, popping up every so often like this year's crop of thistles (forgive the analogy; I live in farming country). I'm not talking about ...

Application size and complexity has compounded significantly over the last decade. Take the automotive sector as an example. According to The New York Times, 20 years ago, the average car had a ...

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Every programming language has its own set of stylistic conventions that are meant to promote readability. It is a very important aspect of software development that is heavily stressed by many ...