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• Analyzing C/C++ Code Quality by Using Code Analysis
• How to: Set Code Analysis Properties for C/C++ Projects
• Understanding SAL
• Annotating Function Parameters and Return Values
• Annotating Locking Behavior

Programming Languages – commonly used features in a side-by-side format.

MSTest is used for Managed C#, C++ Tests and Test Execution Command Line Tool (vstest.console.exe) for unmanaged C++ tests.

MSTest example:

>"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\Common7\IDE\MSTest.exe" /testcontainer:managed_unitTest.dll /testsettings:mysettings.testsettings

Test Execution Command Line Tool example:

>"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\TestWindow\vstest.console.exe" unmanaged_unitTest.dll /Settings:mysettings.testsettings /platform:x86

Additional links:

• Writing Unit tests for C/C++ with the Microsoft Unit Testing Framework for C++
• Verifying Code by Using Unit Tests
• Run Tests in Your Build Process

Programming is hard. Programming correct C and C++ is particularly hard. Indeed, both in C and certainly in C++, it is uncommon to see a screenful containing only well defined and conforming code.Why do professional programmers write code like this? Because most programmers do not have a deep understanding of the language they are using.While they sometimes know that certain things are undefined or unspecified, they often do not know why it is so. In these slides we will study small code snippets in C and C++, and use them to discuss the fundamental building blocks, limitations and underlying design philosophies of these wonderful but dangerous programming languages.

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• Google C++ Style Guide
• Microsoft Coding Standards
• Linux kernel coding style
• Boost Guidelines
• Alexandrescu C++ Coding Standards
• Mozilla C++ Portability Guide

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Users can share EFS-encrypted files by adding other user certificates to a file. However, auditing the users who have rights to files would be very time-consuming using the Windows Explorer graphical interface. To list users who have access to encrypted files more easily, use EFSDump, which is available as a free download.

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