This post assumes a basic understanding of UML statechart behavior related to entry/exit-state handling as well as the associated order of processing such events. If needed, please review the references at the end of this post before reading further. It has been nearly 20 years since I first studied UML statecharts. Since that initial exposure, … More UML Statechart tip: Be wary of exit-state behavior
I grew up in the great state of Arkansas. My parents and grandparents were always in-touch with the local and national news and encouraged us to keep up with current events. The Arkansas Gazette and later the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette newspaper was read cover-to-cover by the entire family, sparking family discussions on the latest politics and, … More Community + Business == Heartwarming Story
Wow! I’ve neglected my blog. With another passing year and a successful project or two behind me, it is certainly time to sit down and a share a few thoughts. While I have previously enumerated various reasons for my preference for C++, in this post I am focusing entirely on the C++ RAII idiom, what … More Why I prefer C++: “RAII All The Things!”
I agreed to four hours. Four hours to help hunt down and kill a bug. A terrible malicious bug that was eating away at this project, wreaking havoc upon the foundations of a critical feature, and draining time randomly from every one of eight firmware engineers on this project. Quite honestly, I can’t remember the … More The Hardest Bug I Never Solved
I recently (Nov 2018) googled this blog title‘s and was surprised by the lack search results with a simple clear list of C++ commonly used namespaces. Obviously there could be millions of namespaces in use, but this page will attempt to catalog “common” namespaces to help developers avoid collision when starting development of their own … More List of Well Known C++ namespaces
I am an odd sort of person. Why? Because I love a well written and descriptive bug report. I love a case that includes clear and easy to follow reproduction steps. I love a written bug report that includes all the necessary information on versions, configurations, connections and other system details. Why? Because I believe … More How to Write A Great Bug Report
In the firmware and embedded software engineering domains, engineers overwhelmingly choose C as their language of choice. Evidence of this may be seen in the following screen-grab of a presentation by Dan Saks at CppCon2016. I would recommend the entire presentation, which may be found here: https://youtu.be/D7Sd8A6_fYU Selecting C over C++ is a reasonable and conservative choice, especially … More Why I love C++11 for Embedded Software and Firmware (or C++14, or…)
