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Unit Testing with QP/C++ (qpcpp) and CppUTest

cpputest-for-qpcpp enables host based unit testing of active objects within the QP/C++ framework, using CppUTest.

Posted by Matthew Eshlemanon April 20, 2021August 13, 2021in Best Practices, TDD4 Comments

What is an active object? This post describes the key elements of this critical design pattern and provides concrete examples.

Concurrency is hard. Multithreaded code is hard. This post surveys common concurrency related bugs and outlines possible solutions.

Code reviews are a critical best practice in our never-ending battle to stop bugs.

Posted by Matthew Eshlemanon August 16, 2020August 16, 2020in Best Practices, Commentary1 Comment

Preventing software bugs from reaching our customers requires multiple layers of defense. This post explores seven layers of bug prevention.