C and C++ Programming Resources

Web Applications Security

saqib — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:16:10 +0000

At my present job I am responsible for web applications administration and security. I lead automation team in all implementation aspects, including project management, process analysis, workflow design, configuration data set-up, systems interface development, system installation, testing, training, go-live, and post-implementation monitoring. One of the major challanges in web applications domain is web development security.

Little known features of C/C++

saqib — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 16:49:57 +0000

There are always few little known or hidden features in each programming language. AT StackOverflow.com someone started a series of posts "Hidden features of" programming languages. The Hidden Features series is great for people who are new to a certain language.

50 C++ Interview Questions

saqib — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 15:38:03 +0000

I have compiled a list of repeatedly asking C++ interview questions here. Some of them are very important C++ questions asked by employers like Microsoft, Adobe and IBM. How do you check whether a linked list is circular? How do you decide which integer type to use? How do you differentiate between a constructor and destructor? How do you [...]

Boycott FaceBook

saqib — Thu, 20 May 2010 05:29:52 +0000

After hearing about Everybody Draw Mohammed Day! (Sallallahu Alayhi Wa-aal-hi-Wasallam) Group on Facebook, I have decided not to use facebook any more for any of my activities. I have closed down my account on facebook and I will not be sharing any more contents on facebook. Internet is not meant to spread hate but peace and [...]

An Introduction to C++

saqib — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:24:55 +0000

The ACM Student Magazine has a series of courses to teach C++ and java called “Objective Viewpoint”. The tutorials touch on many aspects of object-orientation. The word object has surfaced in more ways than you can count. There are OOPLs (Object-Oriented Programming Languages) and OODBs (Object-Oriented Databases), OOA (object-oriented [...]

C++ Operator Overloading Guidelines

saqib — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:19:02 +0000

Google Code University website provides tutorials and sample course content so CS students and educators can learn more about current computing technologies and paradigms. In particular, this content is Creative Commons licensed which makes it easy for CS educators to use in their own classes. Today’s post is about C++ Operator Overloading Guidelines by California [...]

Concurrency in C++ – University of Waterloo

saqib — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 16:09:35 +0000

Google Code University website provides tutorials and sample course content so CS students and educators can learn more about current computing technologies and paradigms. In particular, this content is Creative Commons licensed which makes it easy for CS educators to use in their own classes. In the coming posts I will be adding few course links [...]

The C++ Standard Library: A Tutorial and Reference

saqib — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 15:54:07 +0000

Programming with the C++ Standard Library can certainly be difficult task. Nicolai Josuttis’s The C++ Standard Library is one of the best available books to using the built-in features of C++ effectively. The C++ Standard Library provides lots of built-in functionality in the form of the Standard Template Library (STL). The STL was created as the [...]

The thrilling potential of SixthSense technology

saqib — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 12:24:42 +0000

At TEDIndia, Pranav Mistry demos several tools that help the physical world interact with the world of data — including a deep look at his SixthSense device and a new, paradigm-shifting paper “laptop.” In an onstage Q&A, Mistry says he’ll open-source the software behind SixthSense, to open its possibilities to all. ‘SixthSense’ is a wearable gestural [...]

GO – A systems programming language from Google

saqib — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:03:10 +0000

Google launched Go, a new systems programming language born with concurrency, simplicity and performance in mind. Go is open source and its syntax is similar to C Programming Language, C++ and Python. Typical builds take a fraction of a second yet the resulting programs run nearly as quickly as comparable C or C++ code. It [...]