This post is the second part of guest writer Quentin Balland‘s series on FSeam, his testing framework that allows to test legacy code without heavy refactoring. Today Quentin walks us through how FSeam works. Quentin is a French C++ developer eager to learn and share his knowledge on his free time. You can find Quentin […]
In this guest 2-post series, guest writer Quentin Balland presents us FSeam, his mocking framework to make code testable without losing readability because of mocks. Quentin is is a French C++ developer eager to learn and share his knowledge on his free time. You can find Quentin online on @FreeYourSoul68 and on his blog. FSeam […]
std::is_permutation is an STL algorithm that checks if two collections contain the same values, but not necessarily in the same order. We have encountered is_permutation in the STL algorithms on permutations, and we’ve seen how it was implemented. If you’d like a refresher on std::permutation, check out those two articles to get warmed up. Today we’re focusing […]
Knowing your STL algorithms is a good thing. And knowing what’s inside of them is a great way to go further in their study. In that spirit, let’s dig into the implementation of std::is_permutation. It’s a nice algorithm to study, as it can be implemented by using other STL algorithms and it has some interesting […]
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The names with give to the objects in code are a fabulous tool to express our intentions for the next developer to read them. Especially with good names. But in some cases, the name of an object becomes a burden. It happens when that object doesn’t make much sense in the first place, but for […]
What is the job of a function? A function takes inputs and computes outputs based on them. And to clarify a function’s interface, we saw how important it was to clarify what its inputs and outputs are. There is a particular sort of function in C++ that use specific conventions to express their inputs and […]
This article is NWH, standing for Not Written Here. The concept of NWH is inspired from the NIH (Not Invented Here) syndrome which consists in refraining from using existing code from outside the company and reinventing the wheel every time. Just like it is good practice to look out for solutions developed elsewhere, we’re going […]
This post focuses on the use of a design pattern to connect the modules of a codebase in a structured and testable way. This is a guest post from Nicolas Croad. Nicolas has been a professional developer primarily in c++ for most of a 15 year career. Presently working in real time graphics for the New […]
Do you have to work with legacy code? If you answered Yes, then you’re like most software developers. Is it a pleasant experience? If you answered No, then you’re still like most software developers. The reality of Legacy Code It shouldn’t be that way. Most of us choose to become programmers out of passion, so […]
