Back to Basics: Debugging and Testing in C++ Software Development - Greg Law & Mike Shah - CppCon 24

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https://cppcon.org​ --- Back to Basics: Debugging and Testing in C++ Software Development - Greg Law & Mike Shah - CppCon 24 --- Your code is not working -- PANIC! Well, not quite! In this session we are going to show you how to write tests to uncover bugs in the first place (and to guard against regressions when they’re fixed) and how to identify the bugs’ root causes with a debugger. These two fundamental software engineering skills (debugging and testing) in combination helps us write better software by improving our confidence that bugs do not reappear -- especially as software scales and changes over time. Debugging and testing are two related skillsets, and in this talk we will provide an introduction and concrete tools showing by example how to utilize each skill together. If you have never used a debugger and think ‘if it compiles it must work’ then this is the talk for you. --- Slides: https://github.com/CppCon/CppCon2024/blob/main/Presentations/Back_To_Basics_Debugging_and_Testing.pdf Sponsored by JetBrains: https://www.jetbrains.com/clion/ --- Greg Law Greg is co-founder and CEO at Undo. He is a programmer at heart, but likes to keep one foot in the software world and one in the business world. Greg finds it particularly rewarding to turn innovative software technology into a real business. Greg has over 25 years' experience in innovative start-up software companies. Mike Shah Mike Shah is currently a teaching faculty with primary teaching interests in computer systems, computer graphics, and game engines. Mike's research interests are related to performance engineering (dynamic analysis), software visualization, and computer graphics. Along with teaching and research work, Mike juggles occasional consulting work as a 3D Senior Graphics Engineer in C++ and producing programming content at his YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@MikeShah --- CppCon is the annual, week-long face-to-face gathering for the entire C++ community. The conference is organized by the C++ community for the community. You will enjoy inspirational talks and a friendly atmosphere designed to help attendees learn from each other, meet interesting people, and generally have a stimulating experience. Taking place this year in Aurora, Colorado, near the Denver airport, and including multiple diverse tracks, the conference will appeal to anyone from C++ novices to experts. Annual CppCon Conference - https://www.cppcon.org https://www.linkedin.com/company/cppcon https://x.com/cppcon https://www.facebook.com/CppConference https://www.reddit.com/r/cppcon/ https://mastodon.social/@CppCon --- Videos Filmed & Edited by Bash Films: http://www.BashFilms.com YouTube Channel Managed by Digital Medium Ltd: https://events.digital-medium.co.uk --- #cpp #cplusplus #cppcon #cppprogramming #cplusplusprogramming #unittesting #unittest #unittests #softwaredevelopment #softwareengineering #coding #code #programming #programmer